The Cambridge companion to jazz / edited by Mervyn Cooke and David Horn.

Contributor Cooke, Mervyn.

Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Descriptionxxii, 403 p. : illus. ; 26 cm.

Note:The word jazz / Krin Gabbard. - The identity of jazz / David Horn. - The jazz diaspora / Bruce Johnson. - The jazz audience / Jed Rasula. - Jazz and dance / Robert P. Crease. - Jazz as musical practice / Travis A. Jackson. - Jazz as cultural practice / Bruce Johnson. - Jazz improvisation / Ingrid Monson. - Spontaneity and organisation / Peter J. Martin. - Jazz among the classics, and the case of Duke Ellington / Mervyn Cooke. - 1959: the beginning of beyond / Darius Brubeck. - Free jazz and the avant-garde / Jeff Pressing. - Fusions and crossovers / Stuart Nicholson. - Learning jazz, teaching jazz / David Ake. - History, myth and legend: the problem of early jazz / David Sager. - Analysing jazz / Thomas Owens. - Valuing jazz / Robert Walser. - The jazz market / Dave Laing. - Images of jazz / Krin Gabbard.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-376) and index.

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