The Creation of Jazz: Music, Race, and Culture in Urban America (Blacks in the New World)
Book Details
Author(s)
Burton W. Peretti
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
ISBN / ASIN
0252064216
ISBN-13
9780252064210
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#423,736
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Description
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.
