The Creation of Jazz: Music, Race, and Culture in Urban America
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The story of jazz is more than a history of the music. The racial and cultural dynamics of American cities created the music, life, and business that was jazz. Burton W. Peretti's classic study charts the life of jazz culture from its origins in the jook joints of sharecroppers and the streets and dance halls of 1890s New Orleans to the eve of bebop and World War II. As Perett shows, jazz was the epic story of players who transitioned from...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0252017080
ISBN13:9780252017087
Release Date:September 1992
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.36 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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