Paul Lopes is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tufts University, Massachusetts. He was Director of the Communications and Media Studies Program at Tufts from 1994 to 2001. He also is a saxophonist who has played in jazz, reggae and rock groups.
Introduction: the quest for cultural legitimacy
1. Before the jazz age: professional musicians and good music
2. The jazz age: professional musicians and the cultivated vernacular
3. The swing craze: professional musicians, swing music and the art of improvisation
4. The rise of a jazz art world: jazz enthusiasts, professional musicians and the modernist revolt
5. The new jazz age: the jazz art world and the modern jazz renaissance
Conclusion: the jazz art world and American culture.
