The Jazz Tradition

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1. Introduction: a matter of fundamentals -- 2. King Oliver: father figure -- 3. Jelly Roll Morton: three-minute form -- 4. Sidney Bechet: first and last -- 5. Louis Armstrong: style beyond style -- 6. Bix Beiderbecke: the white man's burden -- 7. Coleman Hawkins: some comments on a phoenix -- 8. Billie Holliday: actress without an act -- 9. Art Tatum: not for the left hand alone -- 10. Duke Ellington: form beyond form -- 11. Count Basie and Lester Young: style beyond swing -- 12. Charlie Parker: the burden of innovation -- 13. Thelonious Monk: modern jazz in search of maturity -- 14. John Lewis and the Modern Jazz Quartet: modern conservative -- 15. Sonny Rollins: spontaneous orchestration -- 16. Horace Silver: the meaning of craftsmanship -- 17. Miles Davis: a man walking -- 18. Sarah Vaughan: the meaning of self-discovery -- 19. Bill Evans: a need to know -- 20. Charlie Mingus: the pivotal instrument -- 21. John Coltrane: a man in the middle -- 22. Ornette Coleman: innovation from the source -- 23. Eric Dolphy: step by step -- 24. World Saxophone Quartet: four in one -- 25. The meaning of a music: an art for the century