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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969682503321

Autore

Gioia Ted

Titolo

The history of jazz / / Ted Gioia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

0-19-772810-3

0-19-984029-6

1-283-09787-7

9786613097873

0-19-976133-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (480 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

781.6509

Soggetti

Jazz - History and criticism

Jazz musicians

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; ONE: The Prehistory of Jazz; TWO: New Orleans Jazz; THREE: The Jazz Age; FOUR: Harlem; FIVE: The Swing Era; SIX: Modern Jazz; SEVEN: The Fragmentation of Jazz Styles; EIGHT: Freedom and Beyond; Notes; Further Reading; Recommended Listening; Acknowledgments; Index; Index of Songs and Albums

Sommario/riassunto

Telling the story of the music, this book portrays the legendary jazz players, the breakthrough styles, and the world in which it evolved.