Jazz the basics - Meeder, Christopher; T&F eBooks (New York : Routledge, 2008)
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. Charlie Parker -- 10. Thelonious Monk -- 11. The 1950s : the beginning of jazz -- 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 -- 18. Postbop pianists -- 19. Fusion -- 20. The 1980s and new conservatism -- 21. The genre busters -- 22. Lately.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-266), discography (p. 256-263), and index.
Also available in print edition.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Keywords: Jazz -- History and criticism; Jazz musicians -- United States; Electronic books