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Jazz

Mervyn Cooke
Traces the history of jazz from its roots in Africa through the modern era, and includes information about some of the great performers of the genre
Print Book, English, 1999
Thames and Hudson, New York, 1999
Portraits
200 pages : illustrations, portraits, music ; 22 cm.
9780500203187, 0500203180
40701568
Out of Africa
Ragtime and its influence
From New Orleans to Chicago
The virtuoso: Louis Armstrong
The rise and fall of the big band
The composer: Duke Ellington
Be-bop and hard bop
The innovator: Miles Davis and his influence
Free jazz and the avante-garde
Jazz-rock fusion and its aftermath