| Description |
xii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Oxford University Press paperback |
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Oxford University Press paperback.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Part one : the pre-history of jazz -- Jazz and West African music -- From Africa to the new world -- The West Indies and the United States -- Part two : New Orleans -- The New Orleans background -- The transition to jazz -- Jazz begins -- Buddy Bolden and the growth of jazz -- Part three : the American background -- The great awakening -- The work song -- The blues -- Minstrelsy -- The spiritual -- Ragtime -- Part four : the jazz age -- The jazz age begins -- The jazz age flourishes -- The jazz age ends -- Part five : jazz yesterday and today -- The swing era -- Bop -- Afro-Cuban music -- Part six : the nature of jazz -- The European tradition : harmony -- Melody and rhythm -- Expressiveness in jazz : a definition -- Part seven : Jazz tomorrow -- The conquest of jazz -- The appeal of jazz -- Jazz and the role of the Negro -- Postscript : the future of jazz |
| Analysis |
Jazz History |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 343-357 |
| Subject |
Jazz -- History and criticism.
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Jazz.
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| LC no. |
56008012 |
| ISBN |
0195012690 (paperback) |
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9780195012699 (paperback) |
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