Why jazz happened /
Myers, Marc, 1956-
Why jazz happened / Marc Myers. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2013. - x, 267 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
9780520268784 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520268784 (cloth : alk. paper)
2012022218
Jazz--History and criticism.
ML3508 / .M94 2013
781.65/5
Why jazz happened / Marc Myers. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2013. - x, 267 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
9780520268784 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520268784 (cloth : alk. paper)
2012022218
Jazz--History and criticism.
ML3508 / .M94 2013
781.65/5