Jazz 101 makes jazz, with all its intricacies of artistry and vast array of forms, accessible to readers in Szwed's fluid, entertaining prose. John F. Szwed is currently a professor of music, anthropology, African and African-American studies, and American studies at Yale University. He has written seven books on music and African-American culture. His honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowship.