Annual Review of Jazz Studies

The four articles in this year's issue look at Ellingtonian extended composition and the symphonic jazz model; vernacular tropes, expression, and structure in Charles Mingus' "Ecclusiasics;" Charlie Parker and popular music; and jazz arranger Chappie Willet in swing-era New York. Reviews look at books about jazz in Oklahoma City, Kansas City, and Britain. No index is provided. Published for the Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)