The art of jazz :

Williams, Martin T. 1924-1992

The art of jazz : essays on the nature and development of jazz / edited by Martin T. Williams - London : Cassell & Company Ltd., 1960. - 248 p. : music ; 22 cm.

Includes index.

Discography: pages [239]-241.

Prologue : Sidney Bechet in Europe, 1919 / Ernest Ansermet -- Sonny Terry and his blues / Marshall Stearns -- Ragtime / Guy Waterman : I. A Survey ; II. Joplin's Late Rags -- Jelly Roll Morton and the Frog-i-more Rag / William Russell -- King Oliver's creole jazz band / Larry Gushee -- James P. Johnson / Ross Russell -- Dixieland / Orrin Keepnews -- Bix Beiderbecke / George Avakian -- Bessie Smith / George Avakian -- Recording limits and blues form / Martin Williams -- Three boogie-woogie blues pianists / William Russell : I. Clarence Lofton ; II. Jimmy Yancey ; III. Meade "Lux" Lewis -- Big Maceo / Paul Oliver -- Duke Ellington in the nineteen-thirties / Charles Fox -- Duke Ellington / Vic Bellerby -- Billie Holiday / Glenn Coulter -- The genius of Art Tatum / Andre Hodeir -- Charlie Christian / Al Avakian and Bob Prince -- Bebop / Ross Russell : I. Bop Rhythm ; II. The Evolutionary Position of Bop ; III. Brass ; IV. The Parent Style and Lester Young -- Two notes on modern jazzmen / Paul Bacon -- Looking back at the modern jazz quartet / Max Williams -- The funky-hard bop regresion / Martin Williams.

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Jazz--History and criticism.
Jazz--History and criticism.
Jazz musicians.

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