TY  - BOOK
AU  - Myers,Marc
TI  - Why jazz happened
SN  - 9780520268784 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - ML3508 .M94 2013
U1  - 781.65/5 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Jazz
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -