CONTENTS -- TUNING UP WITH A FEW INTRODUCTORY NOTES -- 1. JAZZ MAVERICKS OF THE LONE STAR STATE -- 2. THE ROOTS OF TEXAN JAZZ -- 3. FROM BEBOP TO HARD BOP AND BEYOND: The Texas Jazz Connections -- 4. TEXAS BEBOP MESSENGERS TO THE WORLD: Kenny Dorham and Leo Wright -- 5. BRITISH ACOLYTES OF JAZZ AND ITS TEXAS CONTINGENT -- 6. THE WISCONSIN-TEXAS JAZZ NEXUS -- 7. JAZZ IN LITERATURE -- 8. THE ALCHEMY OF JAZZ -- 9. ORNETTE COLEMAN'S HARMOLODIC LIFE -- 10. A JAZZ MASTER'S DIAMOND JUBILEE -- 11. A TEXAS TAKE ON KEN BURNS'S JAZZ -- 12. SWINGING THROUGH TEXAS ON A SCOTTISH AIR -- 13. THE BIRTH OF WESTERN SWING -- 14. THE INVENTOR OF JAZZ REVISITED: Untangling the Legacy of Jelly Roll Morton and Alan Lomax -- 15. DISCOGRAPHIES AND TEXAN JAZZ -- 16. SAN MARCOS IN JAZZ HISTORY -- NOTES -- JAZZ MAVERICKS OF THE LONE STAR STATE -- THE ROOTS OF TEXAN JAZZ -- FROM BEBOP TO HARD BOP AND BEYOND -- TEXAS BEBOP MESSENGERS TO THE WORLD -- BRITISH ACOLYTES OF JAZZ AND ITS TEXAS CONTINGENT -- THE WISCONSIN-TEXAS JAZZ NEXUS -- JAZZ IN LITERATURE -- THE ALCHEMY OF JAZZ -- ORNETTE COLEMAN'S HARMOLODIC LIFE -- A JAZZ MASTER'S DIAMOND JUBILEE -- A TEXAS TAKE ON KEN BURNS'S JAZZ -- SWINGING THROUGH TEXAS ON A SCOTTISH AIR -- THE BIRTH OF WESTERN SWING -- THE INVENTOR OF JAZZ REVISITED -- DISCOGRAPHIES AND TEXAN JAZZ -- SAN MARCOS IN JAZZ HISTORY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.