So This Is Jazz

Foreword, VII
I. Preambular, 3
II. Jazz, That Peculiar Word!, 9
III. Jazz, Musically Speaking, 20
IV. When Did the Monster First Rear His Head?, 28
V. Vocal Jazz and Jazz Vocalists, 42
VI. "Sperichils", 48
VII. The Blooey Blues, 63
VIII. Piano Jazz: Those Kittenish Keys!, 76
IX. The Jazz Orchestra, 88
X. Anatomy of Jazz Orchestration, 104
XI. "The King of Jazz" - Whiteman, 123
XII. An Experiment in Modern Music, 129
XIII. Actions and Reactions, 143
XIV. The Concert Repertoire of Jazz, 152
XV. Grofe, Jazz Colorist, 164
XVI. Gershwin, the White Hope, 172
XVII. And What He Wrote, 181
XVIII. Irving Berlin, Who Moved Up Town, 219
XIX. The Circleville Poet - and Others, 228
XX. So This Is Jazz!, 243
Index, 253