Introduction A Century of Jazz 8 1895-1916 Origins 14 1895-1905 The Ragtime Era Begins 16 1906-9 New Orleans: The Musical Melting Pot 22 1910-13 The Impact of the Blues 26 1914-16 On the Verge of Jazz 30 1917-1929 From New Orleans to 34 the East Coast 1917 All That Jazz 36 1918 Ragtime Goes Abroad 40 1919 Jazz on Tour 42 1920 Branching Out from Dixie 44 1921 Striding Ahead 46 1922 King Oliver in Chicago 48 1923 First Flowering 50 1924 Jazz in the Concert Hall 54 1925 Satchmo 56 1926 The New Virtuosity 60 1927-28 Harlem, Chicago and Kansas City 62 1929 Empress of the Blues 66 1930-1945 Swing 68 1930-31 Dance Bands 70 1932 Paris 74 1933 Satchmo and the Duke in Europe 76 1934 Stompin' at the Savoy 78 1935 Kings of Swing 82 1936 Billie and Ella 86 1937 Piano Trio 88 1938 New Respectability 90 1939 War 92 1940 Seeds of Revolution 96 1941 Enter Bird 98 1942 Industrial Action 100 1943 Black, Brown and Beige 104 1944 All-American All-Stars 106 1945 Restless Peace 108 1946-1958 Style and Idea 110 1946-47 The Latin Tinge 112 1948 The First Jazz Festival 118 1949 Migration to France 120 1950 Parker in Scandinavia 124 1951 Modern Jazz 126 1952 West Coast Travels East 128 1953 Reviving the Big Bands 130 1954 East and West 132 1955 Disaster at Birdland 136 1956 Ellington at Newport 138 1957 Cinema and Third Stream 140 1958 Jazz Messengers 142 1959-1969 The Birth of Modern Jazz 144 1959 Giant Steps 146 1960 The Freedom Principle 148 1961 The Duke Meets the Count 152 1962 Through the Iron Curtain 154 1963-64 Technology and Spirituality 156 1965 'Trane Ascendant 162 1966 Greenwich Village 164 1967 Ends and Beginnings 166 1968 New Talents 168 1969 New Horizons 170 1970-1999 Innovation and Reaction 172 1970 Forecast Unsettled 174 1971 Death of a Legend 176 1972 The Old and the New 178 1973-74 Headhunters 180 1975 Davis Bows Out 184 1976-78 Consolidation 186 1979 The Mingus Legacy 192 1980 Complementary Pathways 194 1981 Japan Moves Center Stage 196 1982 After Monk 198 1983-85 Prodigies 200 1986-88 Envoi to the Last of the Great Leaders 206 1989-90 Messengers Retrospective 212 1991 Farewell, Prince of Darkness 216 1992-95 Diversity 218 1996 Women in Jazz 224 1997-98 Coleman Honored 226 1999 Ellington's Century 228 2000- Millennium Blues 230 2000-1 Jazz in America 232 2002 Appreciating Jazz 236 2003 A World Treasure 238 2004 Farewell, Artie 240 2005 The Way Up 242 2006 Rebuilding the Cradle 244 2007 Losses 246 2008 Returning to Forever 248 2009- Henceforward 'e¦ 250 Reference Section Biographical Index of Musicians 254 Glossary of Musical Terms 261 International Jazz Festivals: A Select List 263 Recommended Listening 264 Suggested Further Reading 266 List of Illustrations 267 Index 268.