Jazz Styles Timeline
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Selected Titles
Most, but not all, general books on jazz and the history of jazz have call numbers in the 3505 and above range. Here are a few specific titles from that part of the Music and Dance Library's collection. Use the ALICE Catalog to find additional titles, or ones on more specific topics.
The Jazz Book by Call Number: ML3506 .B4513 2009Publication Date: 2009A chronological discussion of styles and major musicians, with particular attention to the jazz instruments and how the musicians were unique in focusing on timbre, playing an instrument their own distinctive way.
The History of Jazz by Call Number: ML3506 .G54 2011Publication Date: 2011"A panoramic history of the genre brings to life the diverse places in which jazz evolved, traces the origins of its various styles, and offers commentary on the music itself."
Jazz by Call Number: ML3508 .G54 2009Publication Date: 2009"History of jazz that explains what jazz is, where it came from, and who created it and why, all within the broader context of American life and culture. Emphasizing its African American roots, Jazz traces the history of the music over the last hundred years...[describing] the travails and triumphs of musical innovators struggling for work, respect, and cultural acceptance set against the backdrop of American history, commerce, and politics. With vibrant photographs by legendary jazz chronicler Herman Leonard, Jazz is also an arresting visual history of a century of music."
