| Description |
387 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
A Da Capo paperback |
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Da Capo paperback.
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| Contents |
Roots of jazz / Ernest Borneman -- New Orleans and traditionsin jazz / Charles Edward Smith -- Ragtime / Guy Waterman -- Jelly Roll Morton / Martin Williams -- Blues to drive the blues away / Paul Oliver -- Boogie-woogie / Max Harrison -- Chicago / Jerry Steiner -- The spread of jazz and the big bands / Hsio Wen Shih -- Kansas City and the Southwest / Franklin S.Driggs -- The Ellington style : its origins and early development / Gunther Schuller -- Charlie Parker / Max Harrison -- Bebop and after : a report / Martin Williams -- The re-emergence of traditional jazz / Albert J. McCarthy -- Whose art form? Jazz at mid-century / Nat Hentoff |
| Notes |
Reprint of the ed. published by Rinehart, New York |
| Bibliography |
Discography: pages [343]-371 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Jazz -- History and criticism.
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Jazz.
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| Author |
McCarthy, Albert, editor
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| LC no. |
74020882 |
| ISBN |
0306705923 |
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0306800020 |
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