Myers, Marc,  1956- <br/><br/>
Why jazz happened / 
Marc Myers. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  c2013. 
 - x, 267 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520268784 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520268784 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012022218 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jazz--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3508  / .M94 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>781.65/5