Jazz makers : vanguards of sound / by Shipton, Alyn

Table of Contents: “…The pioneers: Scott Joplin ; Jelly Roll Morton ; King Oliver ; Louis Armstrong ; Sidney Bechet ; Bix Beiderbecke ; Bessie Smith ; More pioneers to remember -- Swing bands and soloists: Fletcher Henderson ; Duke Ellington ; Cab Calloway ; Benny Goodman ; Artie Shaw ; Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey ; Count Basie ; Ella Fitzgerald ; Billie Holiday ; Lester Young ; Coleman Hawkins ; More swing bandleaders and soloists to remember -- The piano giants: Albert Ammons ; Fats Waller ; Earl "Fatha" Hines ; Mary Lou Williams ; Teddy Wilson ; Art Tatum ; Oscar Peterson ; More piano giants to remember -- Birth of bebop, the modern jazz revolution: Dizzy Gillespie ; Charlie Parker ; Miles Davis ; Bud Powell ; Thelonious Monk ; Art Blakey ; Charles Mingus ; Sarah Vaughan ; More modern jazz pioneers to remember -- Cool jazz, hard bop, and fusion: John Coltrane ; Sonny Rollins ; Gerry Mulligan ; Stan Getz ; Ornette Coleman ; Bill Evans ; Herbie Hancock ; Chick Corea ; John McLaughlin ; Anthony Braxton ; More cool, hard bop and fusion players to remember -- A century of jazz: David Murray ; Michael Brecker ; Jan Garbarek ; Wynton Marsalis ; Geri Allen ; Joshua Redman ; More contemporary jazz players to remember.…”
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