Traditional jazz studies have tended to see jazz in purely musical terms, as a series of
changes in rhythm, tonality, and harmony, or as a parade of great players. But jazz has also …

This history of jazz, spanning the twentieth century, is the first to place it within the broad
context of American culture. Burton Peretti argues persuasively that this distinctive American …

“Jazz/Not Jazz is an innovative and inspiring investigation of jazz as it is practiced, theorized
and taught today. Taking their cues from current debates within jazz scholarship, the …

The study of jazz comes of age with this anthology. One of the first books to consider jazz
outside of established critical modes, Jazz Among the Discourses brings together scholars …

What was the first jazz record? Are jazz solos really improvised? How did jazz lay the
groundwork for rock and country music? In Why Jazz?, author and NPR jazz critic Kevin …

The family of musical styles known as jazz came into being around 1900 as several popular
black musical idioms coalesced. This free-flowing, spontaneous music based in …

Inside British Jazz explores specific historical moments in British jazz history and places
special emphasis upon issues of race, nation and class. Topics covered include the …

From record album liner notes to serious academic pieces, Martin Williams has been
perceptively chronicling the development of jazz for over three decades. In this, his newest …

Jazz: The Basics gives a brief introduction to a century of jazz, ideal for students and
interested listeners who want to learn more about this important musical style. The heart of …

In The Contradictions of Jazz, Paul Rinzler takes a new approach to jazz aesthetics and
theory by exploring four pairs of opposites present in jazz: individualism and …