Fascinating rhythm : reading jazz in American writing / by Yaffe, David, 1973-

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Highbrow/lowdown : theater, jazz, and the making of the new middle class / by Savran, David, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- 1: America's music -- 2: Struggle for legitimacy -- 3: Fascinating rhythm -- 4: Pandering to the "intelligent minority" -- 5: Human cogs and levers -- 6: Jazz cosmopolitanism -- 7: Canonization of Eugene O'Neill -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.…”
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Let's do it : the birth of pop music : a history / by Stanley, Bob, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…1900: Pop in the beginning -- Elite syncopations: Scott Joplin and ragtime -- Songs for sale: Tin Pan Alley -- Doing what comes naturally: Irving Berlin -- A culture of consolation: Music hall and musical theatre -- On the other side of a big black cloud: World War I -- A conversation of instruments: The birth of jazz -- The greatest love of all: Louis Armstrong -- The blab of the pave: Jerome Kern and Broadway -- Let me entertain you: Al Jolson -- I'm gonna do it if I like it: The jazz age -- In a silent way: Race records -- Invisible airwaves crackle with life: Radio -- Trying hard to recreate what had yet to be created: Hillbilly -- Black and tan fantasy: Duke Ellington and the Cotton Club -- Learn to croon: Rudy Vallee and the dawn of the electric era -- All Hollywood and all heaven: Talking pictures -- Ten cents a dance: The Great Depression -- Nothing but blue skies: Bing Crosby -- Industrial light and music: The movie musical -- Pardon my pups: The Boswell Sisters -- Make those people sway: British dance bands -- Fascinating rhythm: Fred Astaire and the dance-hall boom -- Eighty-eight key smile: Fats Waller and friends -- Tight like that: The age of swing -- Serenade in blue: The great American songbook -- The winds grow colder: Judy Garland and Billie Holiday -- Be like the kettle and sing: Britain at war -- Why don't you do right: America at war -- Hot licks with vanilla: Glenn Miller -- Someone to watch over me: Vocal refrains -- We had to break up the band: Post-war jazz -- Call me irresponsible: Frank Sinatra -- Saturday night fish fry: Rhythm and blues -- California suite: The long-player -- It's Mitch Miller's world and we just live in it: The 45 -- Breaks a new heart every day: Peggy Lee -- Almost like praying: Post-war Broadway -- Squeeze me: Vocal jazz -- Experiments with mice: British big bands -- Revival: Trad jazz and folk -- In a restless world: Nat King Cole -- Ports of pleasure: Exotica -- Sharks in jets clothing: Rock 'n' Roll -- The summit: Frank, Dino and Sammy -- TV is the thing: The rise of television -- I could go on singing: The next generation -- The strength of strings: Film soundtracks -- What kind of fool am I: Lionel Bart and Anthony Newly -- Whipped cream and other delights: Adventures in Beatleland -- The last waltz: Tom Jones and the new balladeers -- Some kind rapprochementent: The 1970s.…”