Making the scene: contemporary New York City big band jazz

New York City big band scenes

Behind the scenes : training, rehearsals, and gigs

The rise of repertory orchestras

On the inside : the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Making it work : leaders and musical direction

New directions in jazz composition : three portraits

On the edge : Sue Mingus and the Mingus Big Band

"In the crack" to "totally outside" : avant-garde bands

Jazz and clave : Latin big bands

Going for it : all-women bands

Blood on the fields : Wynton Marsalis and the transformation of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

Outro.