jazz music

Provides an overview of the history of jazz music with a focus on the individual musicians who helped shape its development.

Covers the music, the musicians, the instruments, and music's place in cultural history. Presents a history of each musical style, from its roots to its expression along with glimpses of the lives of leading composers and musicians. This volume focuses on the history of Gospel music.

A guide to understanding jazz music, told from the perspective of a jazz pianist, providing information about some of the core ideas and elements of the genre, discussing some of the recordings that illustrate many elements of jazz, and introducing some of the great players from throughout history.

A series of essays presents a short history of jazz and examines some of its more significant figures.

An account of the jazz age and the significant musical innovations and personalities that emerged from it. Includes a bibliography and discography.

The story of how jazz and blues gave birth to popular singing, examining the style of creative singers and why their music was influential.

The history of jazz from its beginnings in the red-light district in New Orleans to Harlem during the depression years documented in personal interviews, letters, tape recorded and telephone conversations with famous jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Billie Holiday.

A sixteen-year-old boy struggles to become a professional jazz musician.

A collection of chronologically arranged writings on jazz by African-American musicians, critics, writers, and poets.

Offers a day-by-day account of the recording and development of Miles Davis's jazz album "King of Blue.".