The Cambridge Companion to Jazz - Hardcoverby Mervyn Cooke (Editor), David Horn (Editor), Jonathan Cross (Editor) The vibrant world of jazz may be viewed from many angles, from social and cultural history to music analysis, from economics to ethnography. It is challenging and exciting territory. This volume of nineteen specially commissioned essays offers informed and accessible guidance to the challenge, taking the reader through a series of five basic subject areas locating jazz historically