Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-217).
Contents:
The origins of modernity, 1860-1900 -- Ragtime and popular entertainment, 1900-1917 -- The jazz age in Europe and America, 1920-1930 -- Post-war art and jazz, 1940-1990. CD 3, Post-war jazz. Jubilation (Cannonball Adderley Quintet). Original Tuxedo rag (Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra) ; Keep out of the grass (James P. Johnson) ; I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate (the Cotton Pickers) ; Canal Street blues (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band) ; Milenburg joys (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) ; Perdido Street blues (New Orleans Wanderers) ; Singin' the blues (Frank Trumbauer and his orchestra) ; St. Louis blues (Louis Armstrong and his orchestra) ; Dead man blues ; The pearls (Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers) ; Wolverine blues (Jelly Roll Morton) ; East St. Louis toodle-oo (Duke Ellington and his orchestra) ; Fidgety feet (Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra) ; Handful of keys (Fats Waller) ; Honky tonk train blues (Meade Lux Lewis) ; Pine Top's boogie woogie (Pine Top Smith) ; CafeĢ society rag r(Albert, Meade, Pete and their 3 pianos) -- CD 2, The jazz age. King of the Zulus ; West End blues (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five) ; It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) (Duke Ellington and his orchestra) ; You're driving me crazy (Le Quintette du Hot Club de France) ; What a dream (Sidney Bechet and his orchestra) ; One o'clock jump ; Oh! Lady be good ; Swing, brother, swing (Count Basie and his orchestra) ; Strange fruit (Billie Holiday accompanied by Frankie Newton and his orchestra) ; King Porter stomp (Benny Goodman and his orchestra) ; Jack the bear ; Take the "A" train (Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra) ; Tenor madness (Sonny Rollins Quintet) ; I'm an old cowhand (Sonny Rollins Trio) ; Sure as you're born (Eric Borchard Jazz-Band) ; Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt : from the film, "Der blaue Engel" ; Jonny (Marlene Dietrich) ; Oh Mond! (Blandine Ebinger) ; Heut' spielt mein Sebastian (Weintraub Syncopators) -- CD 3, Post-war jazz. Boogie woogie jump (Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons) ; Groovin' high (Dizzy Gillespie (All Star Sextette)) ; Half step down, please (Coleman Hawkins and his All Stars) ; Picasso (Coleman Hawkins) ; On the sunny side of the street ; New Orleans function (Louis Armstrong and his All Stars) ; Rosetta (Earl Hines Quartet) ; Parker's mood (Charlie Parker All-Stars) ; Moanin' (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers) ; Walkin' (Miles Davis All Stars) ; 'Round about midnight (Miles Davis Quintet) ; My favorite things (John Coltrane Quartet) ; Jubilation (Cannonball Adderley Quintet).
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