Jazz: the Basics

Abstract

Introduction and Acknowledgments 1. Fundamentals 2. Pre-Jazz 3. Early Jazz Recordings 4. Louis Armstrong 5. The 1920s 6. The Swing Era, Part I: Big Bands 7. The Swing Era, Part II: Small Groups and Soloists 8. Bebop and the Moldy Figs 9. Charles Parker 10. Thelonious Monk 11. The 1950s: The Beginning of Jazz Postmodernism 12. Miles Davis 13. Avant-Garde Jazz of the 1950s and Early 1960s 14. John Coltrane 15. The 1960s, Part I: Inside 16. The 1960s, Part II: Free Jazz 17. The 1960s, Part III: Chicago and the AACM 18. Postbop Pianists 19. Fusion 20. The 1980s and New Conservatism 21. The Genre Busters 22. Lately Appendix: Recommended Recordings