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Why Jazz Happened
Marc Myers
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Description for Why Jazz Happened
Hardback. Rich with the voices of musicians, producers, promoters, and others on the scene during the decades following World War II, this book views jazz's evolution through the prism of technological advances, social transformations, changes in the law, economic trends, and more. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512. 266 pages. Rich with the voices of musicians, producers, promoters, and others on the scene during the decades following World War II, this book views jazz's evolution through the prism of technological advances, social transformations, changes in the law, economic trends, and more. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGJ. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 23. Weight: 510.
Why Jazz Happened is the first comprehensive social history of jazz. It provides an intimate and compelling look 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. Rich with the voices of musicians, producers, promoters, and others on the scene during the decades following World War II, this book views jazz's evolution through the prism of technological advances, social transformations, changes in the law, economic trends, and much more. In an absorbing narrative enlivened by the commentary of key personalities, Marc Myers describes the myriad ... Read more
Why Jazz Happened is the first comprehensive social history of jazz. It provides an intimate and compelling look 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. Rich with the voices of musicians, producers, promoters, and others on the scene during the decades following World War II, this book views jazz's evolution through the prism of technological advances, social transformations, changes in the law, economic trends, and much more. In an absorbing narrative enlivened by the commentary of key personalities, Marc Myers describes the myriad ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
266
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
513g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520268784
SKU
V9780520268784
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About Marc Myers
Marc Myers is a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal, where he writes about jazz, rock, soul, and rhythm & blues as well as art and architecture. He blogs daily at www.JazzWax.com, winner of the Jazz Journalists Association's Blog of the Year Award.
Reviews for Why Jazz Happened
A highly engaging, thoroughly researched book. All About Jazz 'Why Jazz Happened' Makes Its Points Like a Snazzy Lawyer in the Courtroom: Zip, Zam, Zot... Students and fans of jazz will come away enlightened about a huge part of the jazz story that has been mostly untold, before this otherwise intelligent and well-reported book was published.
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