Focuses on the music's development that resulted in different styles and approaches to jazz improvisation being created in different cities and areas of the country.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Series Foreword.
Preface.
Chronology.
Introduction.
1: Sedalia and St. Louis: Ragtime.
2: New Orleans Jazz.
3: Chicago: Classic Jazz.
4: New York: The Classic Jazz and Swing Eras.
5: Kansas City Swing, the Territory Bands, and the San Francisco Revival.
