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Table of Contents
Ragging the Rhythm: The Influence of Ragtime .........................................76
The sound of ragtime...........................................................................77
The masters of ragtime........................................................................77
The evolution of ragtime into stride piano .......................................79
It’s a New Record: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band ................................80
Migrating North: Chicago as the New Center of Jazz ................................81
Louis Armstrong...................................................................................82
Sidney Bechet .......................................................................................84
Jelly Roll Morton ..................................................................................85
Joe “King” Oliver...................................................................................86
The early women of jazz......................................................................86
Investigating other significant African-American musicians ..........87
Going Sweet with a Touch of Hot: Early White Jazz Musicians................89
Introducing Bix Beiderbecke...............................................................89
Tuning in to the Austin High Gang .....................................................91
Chapter 6: The Golden Era of Big Band Swing:
The 1930s and Beyond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
In with a Bang: Big Band Beginnings............................................................94
The new hub: New York City...............................................................94
Leading the way: Fletcher Henderson ...............................................96
Fletcher Henderson’s peers ................................................................97
The influence of Chicago big bands...................................................99
Traveling the Highway: Midwest Territory Bands ...................................100
Bennie Moten ......................................................................................100
Scoping out other territory bands ...................................................101
Coronating Duke Ellington ..........................................................................101
Crowning a Count and a King of Swing......................................................103
Count Basie .........................................................................................104
Benny Goodman .................................................................................105
Coming on Strong: Other Important Big Bands........................................107
The Rise of the Soloist: Instrumentalists and Vocalists ..........................108
Turning up the heat: Brilliant improvisers......................................108
Romancing America: Talented singers ............................................111
Chapter 7: Bebop to Cool: The 1940s and 1950s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Taking Note of Bebop’s Beginnings............................................................116
Swing loses its vitality and audience ...............................................116
Bebop’s distinct traits emerge..........................................................117
Bebop becomes a statement of black identity ...............................118
Surveying Influential Bebop Musicians .....................................................119
The early beboppers..........................................................................119
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, the leaders of the pack .........120
Thelonious Monk, the quirky genius ...............................................125
Vocalists who bopped........................................................................126
Bebop’s other prime players ............................................................127
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