A New History of Jazz

Alyn Shipton presents jazz radio programmes for the BBC and is a critic for The Times in London. His most recent book is Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie published by Oxford University Press in 1999.

Introduction and Background 1. Origins Precursors: including plantation music, ragtime, blues, brass bands Classic Jazz: New Orleans, Chicago in the 1920s, ODJB, Keppard, Oliver, Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke Piano Jazz: ragtime to stride, swing, boogie woogie The Move to Larger Bands: Whiteman, Goldkette, Henderson, Ellington, Russell, Goodman, Shaw, Basie, Dorseys Interlude 1: International Jazz up to World War II 2. From Swing to Bop Small Groups in Transition: John Kirby, Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, 52nd St Birth of Bebop: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Kenny Clarke, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Pettiford How Bebop Developed: soloists, rhythm sections Larger Bands from Gillespie to Kenton and Herman Interlude 2: Dissemination: Summary of Recording and Broadcasting from 78s to Digital Technology 3. Consolidation of Bop Early Miles Davis, from Birth of the Cool to Kind of Blue; Rollins, early Coltrane Hard Bop and Soul Jazz: Silver, Blakey, Morgan, Byrd, Henderson Cool Jazz and the West Coast Movement: Evans, Mulligan, Baker, MJQ, Konitz, Tristano, Lighthouse Large Bands: From Thornhill through to the Basie New Testament Band Interlude 3: Jazz Singing to 1950 4. New Jazz Free Jazz: Ornette Coleman, The New Thing (Ayler, Shepp); Cecil Taylor Coltrane and Mingus Politicisation: BAG, AACM, Braxton, Tapscott Interlude 4: New Orleans, Revival and Mainstream Jazz, Including JATP 5. Jazz as World Music Out of Africa: Jazz Epistles, Ibrahim, Masekela, McGregor, Pukwana, Pops Mahomen, Moses Molelekwa Latin Jazz: Afro-Cuban Jazz; Brazilian Jazz Europe: Scandinavia, France, Germany, UK, Holland Interlude 5: Jazz Singing from 1950 6. Postmodern Jazz Jazz Fusions Big Band Renaissance: Akiyoshi, Russell, Ecans, Carla Bley, David Murray Jazz Repertory, Education and Neo-Classicism Urban Movements: From M-Base to hip-hop, rap and funk Columbia Records CD Tie-In A New History of Jazz includes boxed inserts with detailed discussions of each of the following performances which feature on the two-CD set Jazz the Definitive Performances, Columbia Records (Sony Music), Columbia J2K 65807. A sticker on each CD will refer to Alyn Shipton's book: Indiana: Original Dixieland Jazz Band* St Louis Blues: Bessie Smith* Dippermouth Blues: King Oliver* Stampede: Fletcher Henderson* Wild Cat Blues: Sidney Bechet/Clarence Williams* Singin the Blues: Frank Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke* West End Blues: Louis Armstrong* Tiger Rag: Art Tatum* God Bless the Child: Billie Holiday* Lester Leaps In: Count Basie* Flying Home: Benny Goodman* I Can't Get Started: Dizzie Gillespie* It Don't Mean a Thing: Duke Ellington* 9:30 Special: Coleman Hawkins/Basie* Let Me Off Uptown: Roy Eldridge/Gene Krupa* Tain't What'Cha Do: Jimmie Lunceford* Four Brothers: Woody Herman* Nica's Dream: Art Blakey/Horace Silver + Jazz Messengers* So What: Miles Davis/Coltrane/Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans* Goodbye Pork Pie Hat: Mingus* Take Five: Dave Brubeck* It's All Right With Me: Erroll Garner* Straight No Chaser: Thelonious Monk* Searching: Duke Ellington* Sanctuary: Miles Davis* Meeting of the Spirits: John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu* Watermelon Man: Herbie Hancock* Birdland: Weather Report* Artist in America: Ornette Coleman* Round Midnight: Dexter Gordon* Steppin Out With My Baby: Tony Bennett* A Thousand Autumns: Branford Marsalis* Freedom is in the Trying: Wynton Marsalis