Caz, yewmuziko ke eyaletanê verocêAmerika ra veciya. Caz verê serranê 1900an de dest pêkerdo veco û game be game biyo hera. Muzikê cazi de notay, senkopi, swingi, ritimê zafıni û vatışê randami gırwenê. Raver muzikê Afrika-Amerika ûEwropa kerdê têmiyan û caz veto.
Rıçıkê cazi, muzikê roşananê Afrikaê rohani, blues, ragtime û muzikê Ewropa, bilxasa muzikê (bando) ordiyanê Ewropa ra reseno ewro. Caz tewr verên 1880an deNew Orleans de leyri day û 1920an de zi resaNew York,Los Angeles ûChicago. Tiya qeydê peyêni kerdi, cazi zi şekılê xoyo peyên gırewt.
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Collier, James Lincoln. The Making of Jazz: A Comprehensive History (Dell Publishing Co., 1978)
Dance, Stanley (1983). The World of Earl Hines. Da Capo Press.ISBN 0-306-80182-5. Includes a 120-page interview with Hines plus many photos.
Davis, Miles. Miles Davis (2005). Boplicity. Delta Music plc. UPC 4-006408-264637.
Downbeat (2009). The Great Jazz Interviews: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright (eds). Hal Leonard Books.ISBN 978-1-4234-6384-9
Elsdon, Peter. 2003. "The Cambridge Companion to Jazz, Edited by Mervyn Cooke and David Horn, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Review." *Frankfürter Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft 6:159–75.
Giddins, Gary. 1998. Visions of Jazz: The First Century. New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN 0-19-507675-3
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Nairn, Charlie. 1975. Earl 'Fatha' HInes: 1 hour 'solo' documentary made in "Blues Alley" Jazz Club, Washington DC, for ATV, England, 1975: produced/directed by Charlie Nairn: original 16mm film plus out-takes of additional tunes from that film archived in British Film Institute Library at bfi.org.uk andhttp://www.itvstudios.com: DVD copies with Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library [who hold The Earl Hines Collection/Archive], University of California, Berkeley: also University of Chicago, Hogan Jazz Archive Tulane University New Orleans and Louis Armstrong House Museum Libraries.
Peñalosa, David (2010). The Clave Matrix; Afro-Cuban Rhythm: Its Principles and African Origins. Redway, CA: Bembe Inc.ISBN 978-1-886502-80-2.
Schuller, Gunther (1968). Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development. New York: Oxford University Press. New printing 1986.
Schuller, Gunther. 1991. The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930–1945. Oxford University Press.
