Book contents
- On Jazz
- Reviews
- On Jazz
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Getting Started
- Chapter 2 New Orleans 1976
- Chapter 3 Before Katrina
- Chapter 4 Two Women of New Orleans
- Chapter 5 Finding Fats
- Chapter 6 Swing Era Legends
- Chapter 7 Louis Armstrong
- Chapter 8 Count Basie
- Chapter 9 Duke Ellington
- Chapter 10 Dizzy and Bird
- Chapter 11 The Modern Jazz Quartet
- Chapter 12 The ‘Swing Drummer’
- Chapter 13 Jackie McLean and Sonny Rollins
- Chapter 14 Oscar Peterson and His Trios
- Chapter 15 The Dawn of Fusion
- Chapter 16 A Taste of Freedom
- Chapter 17 Looking Back and Looking Forward
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 March 2022
- On Jazz
- Reviews
- On Jazz
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Getting Started
- Chapter 2 New Orleans 1976
- Chapter 3 Before Katrina
- Chapter 4 Two Women of New Orleans
- Chapter 5 Finding Fats
- Chapter 6 Swing Era Legends
- Chapter 7 Louis Armstrong
- Chapter 8 Count Basie
- Chapter 9 Duke Ellington
- Chapter 10 Dizzy and Bird
- Chapter 11 The Modern Jazz Quartet
- Chapter 12 The ‘Swing Drummer’
- Chapter 13 Jackie McLean and Sonny Rollins
- Chapter 14 Oscar Peterson and His Trios
- Chapter 15 The Dawn of Fusion
- Chapter 16 A Taste of Freedom
- Chapter 17 Looking Back and Looking Forward
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
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- On JazzA Personal Journey, pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022