The future of jazz

Games and thought and grace : mainstream jazz

Black and white and turning gray : jazz and race

The song of the body electric : jazz-rock

Collective play : improvisation and composition

Canon fodder : jazz repertory

Low-budget careers : the business of jazz

Original recipe vs. extra crispy : jazz vocals

Homes away from home : jazz and the world

Out of time : free jazz and the avant-garde

The ghost in the machine : jazz institutions, infrastructures, and media

Conclusion : a prognosticatory cadavre exquis, complete with elegy about the authors.