Jazz
R. P. Jones
Read by Ben Tucker
Long before 1900 there began a fusion of African and European musical forms from which, at the end of the nineteenth century, "jazz” emerged. This descriptive and analytical narrative explores the growth and the changes in direction of jazz music, and the effect on it of religious and economic as well as artistic and individual influences. - Summary by R. P. Jones, in Preface (2 hr 21 min)
Chapters
| I. Pre-History | 14:57 | Read by Ben Tucker |
| II. New Orleans | 7:56 | Read by Ben Tucker |
| III. Early Jazz in New Orleans | 9:18 | Read by Ben Tucker |
| IV. The Spread of Jazz | 8:58 | Read by Ben Tucker |
| V. The Jazz Age: White | 7:09 | Read by Ben Tucker |
| VI. The Jazz Age: Negro | 20:21 | Read by Ben Tucker |
| VII. The Depression and Kansas City | 11:54 | Read by Ben Tucker |
| VIII. Swing | 14:16 | Read by Ben Tucker |
| IX. The Revival | 9:36 | Read by Ben Tucker |
| X. Bop | 14:04 | Read by Ben Tucker |
| XI. Cool, Commercial and Collected | 18:02 | Read by Ben Tucker |
| XII. Conclusion | 4:34 | Read by Ben Tucker |