Ward, Geoffrey C. <br/><br/>
Jazz :  a history of America's music / 
by Geoffrey C. Ward ; based on a documentary film by Ken Burns written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; with a preface by Ken Burns. 
 - x, 489 pages :  illustrations (some color) ;  29 cm 
<br/><br/>P.B P.B 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-470) and index. 
<br/><br/> Gumbo : beginnings to 1907 --  The gift : 1907-1917 --  The jazz age : 1917-1924 --  Freedom of expression with a groove : an interview with Wynton Marsalis --  Our language : 1925-1929 --  Hard, hard times : 1929-1935 --  Reminiscing in tempo /  The velocity of celebration : 1936-1939 --  Dedicated to chaos : 1940-1945 --  White noise and white knights : some thoughts on race, jazz, and the white jazz musician /  Risk : 1945-1950 --  Extreme jazz : the avant-garde /  The adventure : 1950-1960 --  The presence is always the point /  A masterpiece by midnight : 1960 to the present.  by Dan Morgenstern --  by Gerald Early --  by Gary Giddins --  by Stanley Crouch --  ch. 1.  ch. 2.  ch. 3.  ch. 4.  ch. 5.  ch. 6.  ch. 7.  ch. 8.  ch. 9.  ch. 10. 
<br/><br/>With contributions from - Wynton Marsalis, Stanley Crouch, Gerald Early, Gary Giddins, Dan Morgenstern and Albert Murray. 
<br/><br/> Traces the history of jazz music from its origins in New Orleans through the twentieth century, and looks at the lives and contributions of some of the genre's greatest composers and performers. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>067944551X 0679765395 9780679445517 9780679765394 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9780679445517 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jazz--Pictorial works.<br/>Jazz--History and criticism.<br/>Jazz.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Pictorial works.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3508  / .W37 2012