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Main Author: Myers, Marc (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley University of California Press ©2013
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Why Jazz Happened is the first comprehensive social history of jazz. It provides an intimate and compelling look at the many forces that shaped this most American of art forms and the many influences that gave rise to jazz's post-war styles. Rich with the voices of musicians, producers, promoters, and others on the scene during the decades following World War II, this book views jazz's evolution through the prism of technological advances, social transformations, changes in the law, economic trends, and much more. In an absorbing narrative enlivened by the commentary of key personalities, Mar
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:0520953983
9780520953987

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