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Part 1. Understanding Jazz 1. The Nature of Jazz 2. The Elements of Jazz 3. Listening to Jazz 4. The Roots of Jazz Part 2. Classic Jazz 5. Jazz Takes Root 6. The Jazz Age: From Chicago to New York 7. The Swing Era: Jazz at Its Peak 8. Mid-West Swing and A Few More Among Many Part 3. Modern Jazz 9. The Bebop Revolution 10. Be Cool: Fifties and Early Sixties Cool, Intellectual and Abstract Jazz Part 4. Post-Modern Jazz 11. Tradition Meets the Avant-Garde: Moderns and Early Post-Moderns Coexist 12. Miles and Miles of Miles: Miles Davis and His Sidemen 13. The Electric 1970s and 1980s 14. The Unplugged, Eclectic 1970s and 1980s 15. Jazz At The Close Of The Century 16. The Afro-Latin and Caribbean Connection