Visions of jazz : the first century / by Giddins, Gary

Table of Contents: “…Sarah Vaughan (Divine). Thelonious Monk (Rhythm-a-ning). Bud Powell (Strictly confidential). …”
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Essential jazz : the first 100 years / by Martin, Henry, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…The Bebop era. revolution versus evolution : The war years and the 1940s -- Characteristics of the bebop style : A contrafact: Dizzy Gillespie's "Groovin' high" -- The historical origins of bebop : The early forties: jamming at Minton's and Monroe's ; The American Federation of Musicians strike in 1942 ; Big bands in the early 1940s ; Bebop moves to Fifty-second Street -- The architects of bebop : Charlie Parker ; Dizzy Gillespie ; Latin jazz ; Bud Powell ; Thelonious Monk…”

The new encyclopedia of Southern culture.

Table of Contents: “…Lomax -- Louisiana Hayride -- Bascom Lamar Lunsford -- Loretta Lynn -- Lynyrd Skynyrd -- Uncle Dave Macon -- Malaco Records -- Mandolin -- Wynton Marsalis -- Johnny Mercer -- Meters -- Mexican border stations -- Memphis Minnie -- Thelonious Monk -- Bill Monroe -- McKinley (Muddy Waters) Morganfield -- Jelly Roll Morton (Ferdinand Le Menthe).…”
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Jazz : the Smithsonian anthology.

The new encyclopedia of Southern culture.

Table of Contents: “…Lomax -- Louisiana Hayride -- Bascom Lamar Lunsford -- Loretta Lynn -- Lynyrd Skynyrd -- Uncle Dave Macon -- Malaco Records -- Mandolin -- Wynton Marsalis -- Johnny Mercer -- Meters -- Mexican border stations -- Memphis Minnie -- Thelonious Monk -- Bill Monroe -- McKinley (Muddy Waters) Morganfield -- Jelly Roll Morton (Ferdinand Le Menthe) -- Muscle Shoals Sound -- Nashville Sound -- Willie Nelson -- Neville Brothers -- New Orleans Sound -- King Oliver -- OutKast -- Gram Parsons -- Dolly Parton -- Charley Patton -- Minnie Pearl -- Ralph Peer -- Richard (Little Richard) Penniman -- Wilson Pickett -- John Powell -- Preservation Hall -- Elvis Presley -- Leontyne Price -- Ray Price -- Charley Pride -- Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey (Ma Rainey) -- Otis Redding -- Florence Reece -- Jimmy Reed -- R.E.M. -- Revival songs -- Ring shouters -- Jean Ritchie -- Jimmie Rodgers -- Earl Scruggs -- Mike Seeger -- Shape-note singing schools -- Dinah Shore -- Silas Green Show -- Bessie Smith -- Southern Culture on the Skids -- Britney Spears -- Stax Records -- William Grant Still -- String band tradition -- Marty Stuart -- Sun Records -- Swamp pop -- Joel Walker Sweeney -- Koko Taylor -- Sister Rosetta Tharpe -- Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton -- Ernest Tubb -- Ike and Tina Turner -- James D. …”
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Kerouac on Record : a Literary Soundtrack /

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