A compact disc containing the audio examples cited throughout the text is available at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT), 1750 Arch Street, Berkeley, CA 94720, (510) 643-9990 x 300. However, the text is understandable without this supplementary material. All musical selections are small excerpts from original recordings, unless otherwise indicated. Selections in parentheses were created by the author.

 Track#
 chapter
 page #
 artist or (example)
  title

 
 
 
 
 

 1.
 Ch. 2
 17
 Art Tatum
 "This Could Be Love"

 2.
 Ch. 3
 21
 James Brown
 "Give it Up or Turn it
Loose"

 3.
 Ch. 4
 37
 Thelonious Monk
 "Misterioso"

 4.
 
 
 
 "Let's Call This"

 5.
 
 
 
 "Four in One"

 6.
 
 
 Charlie Parker
 "52nd Street Theme"

 7.
 
 
 Thelonious Monk
 "Monk's Point"

 8.
 
 
 
 "Light Blue"

 9.
 
 
 
 "Gallop's Gallop"

 10.
 
 
 
 "Trinkle, Tinkle"

 11.
 Ch. 4
 48-49
 John Coltrane
 "Spiritual"

 12.
 Ch. 4
 50
 Anlo Ewe drumming
 kaganu pattern

 13.
 Ch. 4
 52
 Cecil Taylor Orchestra
 rehearsal excerpt

 14.
 Ch. 4
 58
 Eric Dolphy
 "Out There"

 15.
 
 
 Ornette Coleman
 "Check Out Time"

 16.
 
 
 Miles Davis
 "In a Silent Way"

 17.
 
 
 James Brown
 "Talkin' Loud & Sayin'
Nothing"

 18.
 
 
 De La Soul
 "Down Syndrome"

 19.
 
 
 De La Soul
 "Wonce Again Long Island"

 20.
 
 
 Busta Rhymes
 "Do My Thing"

 21.
 Ch. 4
 63
 Duke Ellington
 "Diminuendo & Crescendo
in Blue"

 22.
 
 
 John Coltrane
 "Chasing the Trane"

 23.
 
 
 Aruna Sayeeram
 "Mahaganapatim"

 24.
 Ch. 4
 64
 James Brown
 "Get Up (I feel like being
a) Sex Machine"

 25.
 
 
 John Coltrane
 "Transition"

 26.
 Ch. 4
 65
 T. Monk feat. Coltrane
 "Trinkle, Tinkle"

 27.
 Ch. 4
 69
 Ahmad Jamal
 "Poinciana"

 28.
 Ch. 5
 79
 Los Muñequitos
 "Fundamento Dilanga"

 29.
 
 
 James Brown
 "I Don't Want Nobody to
Give Me Nothing"

 30.
 Ch. 5
 89-90
 (Anlo-Ewe bell pattern)
 

 31.
 
 
 (Yoruba bell pattern)
 

 32.
 
 
 (other bell pattern)
 

 33.
 
 
 (Yoruba bell pattern, grouped)
 

 34.
 Ch. 5
 90
 (3:4 composite rhythm)
 

 35.
 Ch. 5
 92
 (RTP examples)
 

 36.
 Ch. 5
 100
 Mustapha Tettey Addy
 "Oshika"

 37.
 Ch. 6
 111
 Los Muñequitos
 "Oyelos de Nuevo"

 38.
 Ch. 6
 112
 (asynchrony part 1)
 

 39.
 
 
 (asynchrony part 2)
 

 40.
 Ch. 6
 113-114
 (streaming part 1)
 

 41.
 
 
 (streaming part 2)
 

 42.
 Ch. 6
 115
 (spreading part 1)
 

 43.
 
 
 (spreading part 2)
 

 44.
 Ch. 6
 116
 John Chowning
 vibrato & auditory scene
analysis demo

 45.
 Ch. 6
 118
 (swing part 1)
 

 46.
 
 
 (swing part 2)
 

 47.
 Ch. 6
 118-119
 (backbeat part 1)
 

 48.
 
 
 (backbeat part 2)
 

 49.
 Ch. 6
 121
 Thelonious Monk
 "I'm Confessin'"
(complete)

 50.
 Ch. 6
 122
 excerpt of same
 

 51.
 Ch. 6
 123
 Ahmad Jamal
 "But Not for Me"

(complete)

 52.
 Ch. 6
 124
 excerpt of same
 

 53.
 Ch. 9
 142
 John Coltrane
 "Chasing the Trane"

 54.
 Ch. 9
 144
 Busta Rhymes
 "Dangerous"

 55.
 Ch. 9
 145
 Squarepusher
 "Journey to Reedham"

 56.
 Ch. 9
 145
 Terminator X
 "Vendetta... The Big Getback"

 57.
 Ch. 9
 146
 Miya Masaoka
 live duo with pianist Vijay
Iyer

 58.
 Ch. 9
 147
 David Wessel
 live duo with vocalist Shafqat
Ali Khan

 59.
 Ch. 9
 147
 George Lewis
 "Voyager Duo II"

 60.
 Ch. 9
 148
 Madonna
 "Frozen"

 61.
 Ch. 9
 148
 James Brown
 "Please, Please, Please"