Includes bibliographic references (p. [822]) and index.
Contents
1895-1920 : The lost beginnings -- 1921-1925 : Jazz sweeps the nation -- 1926-1932 : From boom to bust -- 1933-1938 : Swing's the thing -- 1939-1944 : The War Years -- 1945-1949 : Bebop spoken here -- 1950-1955 : West coast vs. East coast -- 1956-1960 : A time of giants -- 1961-1967 : The race toward freedom -- 1968-1976 : Fusion and beyond.
