Jazz: Its Evolution and Essence
| Translated by | David Noakes |
| Printed by | Grove Press |
| About/Subject | Jazz |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | New York |
| Copyright | 1956 |
| First Printing | 1956 |
| This Edition Published | 1956 |
| This Impression | 1956 |
| Pages / Font | 295 pages |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 56-5726 |
| Chapters | Preface, 1 I. INTRODUCTION Chapter I. THE WORLD OF JAZZ, 7 Chapter II. THE EVOLUTION OF JAZZ AND THE IDEA OF CLASSICISM, 21 II. FROM THE "PRIMITIVES" TO THE "MODERNS" Chapter III. BLUES AND MILITARY MARCHES, 39 Chapter IV. A GREAT CLASSICAL FIGURE AMONG THE OLDTIMERS (CONCERNING EIGHT RECORDINGS OF THE HOT FIVE), 49 Chapter V. THE ROMANTIC IMAGINATION OF DICKIE WELLS, 63 Chapter VI. A MASTERPIECE: CONCERTO FOR COOTIE, 77 Chapter VII. CHARLIE PARKER AND THE BOP MOVEMENT, 99 Chapter VIII. MILES DAVIS AND THE COOL TENDENCY, 116 III. THE PROBLEM OF IMPROVISATION Chapter IX. MELODY IN JAZZ, 139 Chapter X. MUSICAL THOUGHT, 158 Chapter XI. NOTES ON THE PROBLEM OF CREATION, 182 IV. THE PROBLEM OF THE ESSENCE OF JAZZ Chapter XII. THE PHENOMENON OF SWING, 195 Chapter XIII. THE EVOLUTION OF RHYTHMIC CONCEPTIONS, 210 Chapter XIV. THE HANDLING OF SOUND, 224 Chapter XV. THE ESSENCE, 234 V. JAZZ AND EUROPE Chapter XVI. THE INFLUENCE OF JAZZ ON EUROPEAN MUSIC, 245 VI. CONTEMPORARY JAZZ Chapter XVII. SITUATION OF MODERN JAZZ AT THE DEATH OF PARKER, 267 Discography, 283 Index, 291 |
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