04272nam 2200937 a 450 991078619730332120200520144314.01-283-64636-60-520-95398-310.1525/9780520953987(CKB)2670000000275465(EBL)1040632(OCoLC)817823652(SSID)ssj0000757294(PQKBManifestationID)11434995(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757294(PQKBWorkID)10754133(PQKB)10183327(DE-B1597)519864(OCoLC)1110713313(DE-B1597)9780520953987(Au-PeEL)EBL1040632(CaPaEBR)ebr10611512(CaONFJC)MIL395886(OCoLC)823234203(MiAaPQ)EBC1040632(EXLCZ)99267000000027546520120531d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWhy jazz happened[electronic resource] /Marc MyersBerkeley University of California Pressc20131 online resource (279 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-30551-5 0-520-26878-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Record Giants Blink --2. DJ's, Promoters, and Bebop --3. G.I. Bill and Cool --4. Speed War, Tape, and Solos --5. Suburbia and West Coast Jazz --6. BMI, R&B, and Hard Bop --7. Bias, Africa, and Spiritual Jazz --8. Invasion and Jazz-Pop --9. Alienation and the Avant-Garde --10. Lights, Volume, and Fusion --11. Jazz Hangs On --Notes --IndexWhy 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 of events and trends that affected the music's evolution, among them, the American Federation of Musicians strike in the early 1940's, changes in radio and concert-promotion, the introduction of the long-playing record, the suburbanization of Los Angeles, the Civil Rights movement, the "British invasion" and the rise of electronic instruments. This groundbreaking book deepens our appreciation of this music by identifying many of the developments outside of jazz itself that contributed most to its texture, complexity, and growth.JazzHistory and criticism20th century america.20th century music.american federation of music.american history.books for music lovers.california history.civil rights movement.culture of jazz.discussion books.educational books.evolution of music.evolution of radio.jazz and society.jazz history.music criticism.music history.music studies.music.musicians.nonfiction books.performing arts.politics and music.post war art.post war culture.radio history.rise of los angeles.social history of america.the anatomy of music.JazzHistory and criticism.781.65/5Myers Marc1956-1498882MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786197303321Why jazz happened3724573UNINA