The Story of Jazz
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0195012690
ISBN-13
9780195012699
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 11th, 1970
Print length
416 Pages
Weight
544 grams
Dimensions
14.40 x 21.20 x 2.60 cms
Ksh 4,450.00
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Beginning with the African musical heritage and its fusion with European forms in the New World, Marshall Stearns''s history of jazz guides the reader through work songs, spirituls, ragtime, and the blues, to the birth of jazz in New Orleans and its adoption by St Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, and New York. From swing and bop to the early days of rock, this lively book introduces us to the great musicians and singers and examines jazz''s cultural effects on American and the world.
Beginning with the African musical heritage and its fusion with European forms in the New World, Marshall Stearns''s history of jazz guides the reader through work songs, spirituls, ragtime, and the blues, to the birth of jazz in New Orleans and its adoption by St Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, and New York. From swing and bop to the early days of rock, this lively book introduces us to the great musicians and singers and examines jazz''s cultural effects on American and the world.
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