Chapter 1. “Not Only a New Art Form but a New Reason for Living’’

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: (Much More than) a Few Words about Jazz 1
5. Chapter 1. “Not Only a New Art Form but a New Reason for Living’’ 19
6. Chapter 2. “As If It Were Artistic and Not Just a Teenage Enthusiasm’’ 61
7. Chapter 3. Hearing the “Noisy Lostness’’ 117
8. Chapter 4. Writer’s Writers and Sensitive Cats 165
9. Chapter 5. Swinging in a High-Class Groove 207
10. Chapter 6. The Shock of the New 251
11. Chapter 7. Race-ing the Bird 299
12. Chapter 8. Tangled Up in Blues 339
13. Conclusion: Change of the Century 373
14. Notes 387
15. Index 445