1. Language: Jazz as Music -- 2. 'A Marvel of Social Organization': Jazz as a Culture -- 3. Rhythm is our Business: The Swing Era 1935-45 -- 4. Telling the Story: The Representation of Jazz -- 5. 'An Analagous Dynamic in the Design': Jazz as Aesthetic Model -- 5. 'An Analagous Dynamic in the Design': Jazz as Aesthetic Model -- 6. 'A Tamed Richness': Jazz as Myth -- 6. 'A Tamed Richness': Jazz as Myth -- 6. 'A Tamed Richness': Jazz as Myth -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Jazz in American Culture offers an informed and entertaining introduction to jazz - one of the great musical cultures of the world
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-189) and index
