TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Martin T. TI - The art of jazz: essays on the nature and development of jazz SN - 0306795566 AV - ML3561.J3 W53 U1 - 781.65 WIL 20 PY - 1960/// CY - London PB - Cassell & Company Ltd. KW - Jazz KW - History and criticism KW - Jazz musicians N1 - 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 ER -