Seize the Beat: The Evolution of American Music

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Prologue: Music for a Pandemic
• 1. How We Listen
• 2. Listen Up, Africa!
• 3. Framing a Jazz and Blues Century
• 4. The South, Elvis, and the Dawning of Rock and Roll
• 5. Say It Loud: Black Music in the 1960s
• 6. Bob Dylan and the American Voice
• 7. Beatles, Stones, and Cultural Amnesia
• 8. Pistols at Dawn: Janis, Jim, and Jimi
• 9. Rebels: The Authentic Lives of Women in Music
• 10. No Time to Get Cute in the '70s
• 11. Post-Authentic World: Your CEO Rock Star
• 12. The Music and Art Spirit
• Epilogue
• Chapter Notes
• Bibliography
• Index