A concise history of early jazz, from its major innovators to its unrecognized heroes.
Early Jazz is an overview of the beginnings of jazz from its nineteenth-century roots through 1929, when elements of the Swing Era began to emerge. It is the first book on early jazz history in over fifty years and fills a compelling need for an update that reflects recent research. With a broad definition of jazz that encompasses the artistic and the commercial, the book’s inclusive tone a...
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Ragtime and Traveling Shows
2. The Blues
3. New Orleans and Early White Bands
4. King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton
5. The New ...
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Fumi Tomita is Associate Professor of Jazz Pedagogy and Performance at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the author of The Jazz Rhythm Section: A Manua...