Riffs and Choruses

Contents include: Chorus 1 the delirium tremens of syncopation - jazz and definition (origin, terms, early reception); Chorus II nothin' over there but critics - jazz and history (criticism, canon, historiography); Chorus III the sound of surprise - jazz and style (convention, repetoire, improvization); Chorus IV a people's music - jazz and culture (context, audience, social practice); Chorus V so black and blue - jazz and race (colour, identity, otherness); Chorus VI young man with a horm - jazz and myth (narrative, romance, fabulation); Chorus VII hear me talking to ya - jazz and jazz life (orality, autobiography, mediation); Chorus VIII reetie vouties with a little hot sauce - jazz and language (vernacular, argot, hipness); Chorus IX spontaneous bop rapsody - jazz and literature (word, text, performance); Chorus X all the usual pitfalls - jazz and film (cliche, stereotype, ambience).