The Story of Jazz

Chapter headings demarcate the extent of the book's coverage: Formation of the Classic Jazz; Ragtime and Early White Jazz; The Pioneer Jazzmen; Exodus from New Orleans; The Great Individualists; Piano Jazz; the Influence of European Orthodoxy in Arrangements; American Commercial Exploitation; The White School; Renaissance.

Chapter headings demarcate the extent of the book's coverage: Formation of the Classic Jazz; Ragtime and Early White Jazz; The Pioneer Jazzmen; Exodus from New Orleans; The Great Individualists; Piano Jazz; the Influence of European Orthodoxy in Arrangements; American Commercial Exploitation; The White School; Renaissance.