Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. CHAPTER 1. The Language: Jazz as Music 1
5. CHAPTER 2. 'A Marvel of Social Organization': Jazz as a Culture 35
6. CHAPTER 3. Rhythm is our Business: The Swing Era 1935-45 65
7. CHAPTER 4. Telling the Story: The Representation of Jazz 92
8. CHAPTER 5. 'An Analogous Dynamic in the Design': Jazz as Aesthetic Model 137
9. CHAPTER 6. 'A Tamed Richness': Jazz as Myth 160
10. Select Bibliography 186
11. Index 190
12. The British Association for American Studies (BAAS) 194