pt. 1 A brief chronology of jazz
The word 'jazz' / Krin Gabbard
Jazz times. The identity of jazz / David Horn
The jazz diaspora / Bruce Johnson
The jazz audience / Jed Resula
Jazz and dance / Robert P. Crease. pt. 2 Jazz practices. Jazz as musical practice / Travis A. Jackson
Jazz as cultural practice / Bruce Johnson
Jazz improvisation / Ingrid Monson
Spontaneity and organisation / Peter J. Martin
Jazz among the classics, and the case of Duke Ellington / Mervyn Cooke.
Jazz changes. 1959, the beginning of beyond / Darius Brubeck
Free jazz and the avant-garde / Jeff Pressing
Fusions and crossovers / Stuart Nicholson.
Jazz soundings. Learning jazz, teaching jazz / David Ake
History, myth, and legend: the problem of early jazz / David Sagar
Analysing jazz / Thomas Owens.
Jazz takes. Valuing jazz / Robert Walser
The jazz market / Dave Laing
Images of jazz / Krin Gabbard.
