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Book SynopsisTrade Review...an interesting, very readable collection of articles on many aspects of jazz, ancient and modern....represents all schools of thought and opinion about the music. * Mississippi Rag *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Gil Evans: The Art of Musical Transformation Chapter 2 Django Reihardt's " I'll See You in My Dreams" Chapter 3 When Backward Comes Out Ahead: Lucky Thompson's Phrasing and Improvisation Chapter 4 After the Melody: Paul Bley and Jazz Piano After Ornette Coleman Chapter 5 A Photo Gallery: The Institute of Jazz Studies Celebrates Its First Fifty Years Chapter 6 The Gouge Chapter 7 A Creative Approach to Multi-Tonic Changes: Beyond Coltrane's Haromonic Formula Chapter 8 Jazz Quartet: A Sonnet Sequence Chapter 9 Erik Wiedemann's Career and Works: The Story of a Major Figure in Danish Jazz Research and Criticism Chapter 10 The Essential Jazz Records, Volume 2: Modernism to Postmodernism, byMax Harrison, Eric Thacker, and Stuart Nicholson Chapter 11 The Young Louis Armstrong: A Critical Survey of the Early Recordings, 1923-1928,byEdward Brooks Chapter 12 Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool: Scores From the Original Parts,Edited by Jeff Sultanof Chapter 13 Rat Race Blues: The Musical Life of Gigi Gryce, byNoal Cohen and Michael Fitzgerald Chapter 14 Roy Eldridge: Little Jazz Giant, byJohn Chilton Chapter 15 The Jazz Discography, Version 3.3,byTom Lord Chapter 16 A Bibliography of Jazz Articles in Nonjazz Journals 2001-2002 Chapter 17 Books Recieved at the Institution of Jazz Studies
