Texan jazz

Texans have made a significant mark on all of jazz's major movements, from hot jazz, swing, and bebop through the birth of cool and hard bop up to the creation of free jazz, the music's most advanced, contemporary stage of development. Yet these Texas musicians are seldom identified as Texans because their careers often took them to the leading jazz centers in New Orleans, Chicago, New York, Kansas City, and Los Angeles. In Texan Jazz, Dave Oliphant reclaims these musicians for Texas and explores the vibrant musical culture that brought them forth. Working chronologically through the major…