The Creation of Jazz: Music, Race, and Culture in Urban America (Blacks in the New World)

Name: The Creation of Jazz: Music, Race, and Culture in Urban America (Blacks in the New World)
Author: Burton W. Peretti
ISBN: 9780252064210

Author Burton W. Peretti

Publisher University of Illinois Press

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Author(s)Burton W. Peretti

PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press

ISBN / ASIN0252064216

ISBN-139780252064210

MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷

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Explains how jazz was shaped by urbanization, the 'great migration' of southern blacks northward, and the 'jazz image' - dress code, jargon, and use of drugs. This book places jazz in its rich social context.