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Sources

• All Music Guide. "New Orleans," "Dixieland," "Swing," "Bop," "Cool," "Hard Bop," "Fusion." www.allmusicguide.com
• "Blues Glossary -- 'Spirituals.'" The Blues, Georgia Public Broadcasting. http://www.pbs.org/theblues/classroom/glossary.html#W
• Burns, Ken. "Jazz -- A Film by Ken Burns." "Episode 2: The Gift." Paramount Pictures, 2001.
• Gioia, Ted. "The History of Jazz." Oxford University Press, New York. 1997.
• Hughes, Langston. "The First Book of Jazz." The Ecco Press, New Jersey. 1982.
• Schuller, Gunther. "Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development." Oxford University Press, New York. 1968.
• Shipton, Alyn. "A New History of Jazz." Continuum, New York. 2001.
• "Smithsonian Jazz Class." Smithsonian Jazz. http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/class/jc_start.asp
• "The Styles of Jazz." The Jazz Web, Northwestern University. http://www.wnur.org/jazz/styles/
• "What is Jazz? Good Question." All About Jazz. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=15802
• "What is Jazz? Round Two." All About Jazz. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=15801