Annual Review of Jazz Studies 10: 1999

Dan Morgenstern is director of the Institute of Jazz Studies. David Rife is Professor Emeritus in English at Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA, where he taught American literature and modern fiction for 35 years. He is a founding Associate editor of Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz and Literature, and his writings have appeared in such publications as American Literary Realism, Annual Review of Jazz Studies, Journal of Modern Literature and Dictionary of Literary Biography. Paul Rinzler is associate professor in jazz and music theory at Cal Poly State University. He is author of Jazz Arranging and Performance Practice: A Guide for Small Ensembles (Scarecrow, 1999) and Quartal Jazz Piano Voicings (2002). Michele Caniato is an active composer, conductor, and educator. He has been directing jazz ensembles since 1991 and is an Associate Professor of Music at Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts. Evan Spring, a freelance writer, hosts a jazz radio program on WKCR in New York City.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 New Feature: Jazz Bibliography From Nonjazz JournalsChapter 3 Monkishness: A Sonnet SequenceChapter 4 Jazz Fiction: A Bibliographic OverviewChapter 5 The Quartal and Pentatonic Harmony of McCoy TynerChapter 6 From Popular Song to Jazz Composition: Thelonious Monk's "Ruby, My Dear"Chapter 7 "Criss Cross": Motivic Construction in Composition and ImprovisationChapter 8 The Armstrong I KnewChapter 9 Louis Armstrong: A Centennial Photo GalleryChapter 10 The "Stardust" FileChapter 11 Structure in Jazz Improvisation: A Formulaic Analysis of the Improvisations of Bill EvansChapter 12 Treading the Board—A Pedal Play: The Artistry of Jimmy Smith in PerformanceChapter 13 "Parker's Mood" RevisitedChapter 14 Using e-Commerce Music Sites for Discographical ResearchChapter 15 Busted: The Story of Gene Krupa's Arrest, January 19, 1943Chapter 16 REVIEW ESSAYSChapter 17 Prism on an Era: Scott DeVeaux's The Birth of BebopChapter 18 Saying Something: Jazz Improvisation and Interaction by Ingrid MonsonChapter 19 BOOK REVIEWSChapter 20 Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings by Peter PettingerChapter 21 Three books on Thelonious Monk:Monk by Laurent DeWilde; Thelonius Monk: His Life and Music by Thomast Fitterling; Straight, No Chaser: The Life and Genius of Thelonius Monk by Leslie GourseChapter 22 Swing City: Newark Nightlife, 1925-1950 by Barbara J. KuklaChapter 23 Recent Books Received at the Institute of Jazz StudiesChapter 24 About the EditorsChapter 25 About the ContributorsChapter 26 About the Institute of Jazz Studies

...an interesting, very readable collection of articles on many aspects of jazz, ancient and modern....represents all schools of thought and opinion about the music.