Commentaire
Cent soixante solistes ou orchestres, qui du rag time au free jazz en passant par tous les grands classiques et quelques brillants méconnus, fournissent l'illustration abondante de cet ouvrage.
Autobiographie du Jazz
Cinq liminaires : le Blues - le Swing - Improviser - Commenter - Enregistrer et publier
Les deux piliers : Louis Armstrong - Duke Ellington
Scott Joplin - Jelly-Roll Morton - Cyrus Saint-Clair - Bessie Smith - Sidney Bechet - Johnny Dodds - Baby Dodds - James P. Johnson - Joe Venuti - Jimmie Noone - Willie "The Lion" Smith - Fletcher Henderson - Tommy Ladnier - Jimmie Luceford - Buber Miley - Bix Beidercke - Jimmy Rushing - Bill Coleman - Pete Johnson - Eddie South - Fats Waller - Count Basie - Joe Nanton - Coleman Hawkins - Earl Hines - Jack Teagarden - Eddie Condon - Tommy Dorsey - Barney Bigard - Bud Freeman - Johnny Hodges - Pee Wee Russell - Benny Carter - Cab Calloway - Dicky Wells - Rex Stewart - Henry "Red" Allen - Hot Lips Page - Jonah Jones - Stéphane Grapelli - Jabbo Smith - John Kirby - Red Norvo - Ben Webster - Stuff Smith - Benny Goodman - Herschel Evans - Lester Young - Chick Webb - Art Tatum - Catlett - Cole - Jones - Mary Lou Williams - Django Reinhardt - Chu Berry - Cootie Williams - Harry Carney - Willie Smith - Buck Clayton - Freddie Green - Roy Eldridge - Don Byas - Teddy Wilson - Lionel Hampton - Ray Nance - Slam Stewart - Harry Edison - Milt Buckner - Billie Holiday - Johnny Guarnieri - Charlie Shavers - King Cole - Ella Fitzgerald - Charlie Chirstian - Jimmy Blanton - Illinois Jacquet - Charlie Parker - Kenny Clarke - Dizzy Gillespie - Thelonious Monk - Louis Jordan - Stan Kenton - Sun Ra - Flip Phillips - Eddie Jefferson - Hank Jones - Jimmy Jones - Jimmy Rowles - Art Blakey - Lennie Tristano - Woody Herman - Paul Gonsalves - Clark Terry - John Lewis - Dave Brubeck - Jimmy Giuffre - Erroll Garner - Julius Watkins - Tal Farlow - Oscar Pettiford - Charles Mingus - Milt Jackson - Fats Navarro - George Russell - Bud Powell - Sarah Vaughan - J.J. Johnson - Paul Desmond - Lucky Thompson - Shorty Rodgers - Dinah Washington - Max Roach - Dodo Maramarosa - Art Pepper - Zoot Sims - Al Cohn - James Moody - Oscar Peterson - Jimmy Smith - Ray Brown - Miles Davis - John Coltrane - Stan Getz - Lee Konitz - Warne Marsh - Gerry Mulligan - Martial Solal - Ruby Braff - Horace Silver - Eric Dolphy - Fats Domino - Art Farmer - Benny Golson - Bill Evans - Chet Baker - Sonny Rollins - Tommy Flanagan - Ahmad Jamal - Clifford Brown - Ornette Coleman - Ray Bryant - Phineas Newborn - Ray Charles - Cecil Taylor - Dollar Brand - Roland Kirk - Albert Ayler - Archie Shepp - Herbie Hancock - Roscoe Mitchell - Wynton Marsalis - Marcus Roberts - James Carter