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Why jazz happened / Marc Myers.

By: Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2013.Description: x, 267 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780520268784 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520268784 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781.65/5 23
LOC classification:
  • ML3508 .M94 2013
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Record Giants Blink -- DJs, Promoters, and Bebop -- G.I. Bill and Cool -- Speed War, Tape, and Solos -- Suburbia and West Coast Jazz -- BMI, R&B, and Hard Bop -- Bias, Africa, and Spiritual Jazz -- Invasion and Jazz-Pop -- Alienation and the Avant-Garde -- Lights, Volume, and Fusion -- Jazz Hangs On -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: A comprehensive social history looks 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks ML3508 .M94 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001268738

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A comprehensive social history looks 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.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Record Giants Blink -- DJs, Promoters, and Bebop -- G.I. Bill and Cool -- Speed War, Tape, and Solos -- Suburbia and West Coast Jazz -- BMI, R&B, and Hard Bop -- Bias, Africa, and Spiritual Jazz -- Invasion and Jazz-Pop -- Alienation and the Avant-Garde -- Lights, Volume, and Fusion -- Jazz Hangs On -- Notes -- Index.

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