Jazz: a history of America's music

ch. 1. Gumbo : beginnings to 1907

ch. 2. Gift : 1907-1917

ch. 3. Jazz age : 1917-1924

Freedom of expression with a groove : an interview with Wynton Marsalis

ch. 4. Our language : 1925-1929

ch. 5. Hard, hard times : 1929-1935

Reminiscing in tempo / by Dan Morgenstern

ch. 6. Velocity of celebration : 1936-1939

ch. 7. Dedicated to chaos : 1940-1945

White noise and white knights : some thoughts on race, jazz, and the white jazz musician / by Gerald Early

ch. 8. Risk : 1945-1950

Extreme jazz : the avant-garde / by Gary Giddins

ch. 9. Adventure : 1950-1960

Presence is always the point / by Stanley Crouch

ch. 10. A masterpiece by midnight : 1960 to the present.