LEADER 03338nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910462503803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-64636-6 010 $a0-520-95398-3 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520953987 035 $a(CKB)2670000000275465 035 $a(EBL)1040632 035 $a(OCoLC)817823652 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000757294 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11434995 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757294 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10754133 035 $a(PQKB)10183327 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1040632 035 $a(DE-B1597)519864 035 $a(OCoLC)1110713313 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520953987 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1040632 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10611512 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL395886 035 $a(OCoLC)823234203 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000275465 100 $a20120531d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhy jazz happened$b[electronic resource] /$fMarc Myers 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-30551-5 311 $a0-520-26878-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Record Giants Blink --$t2. DJ's, Promoters, and Bebop --$t3. G.I. Bill and Cool --$t4. Speed War, Tape, and Solos --$t5. Suburbia and West Coast Jazz --$t6. BMI, R&B, and Hard Bop --$t7. Bias, Africa, and Spiritual Jazz --$t8. Invasion and Jazz-Pop --$t9. Alienation and the Avant-Garde --$t10. Lights, Volume, and Fusion --$t11. Jazz Hangs On --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aWhy 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. 606 $aJazz$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aJazz$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a781.65/5 700 $aMyers$b Marc$f1956-$01035287 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462503803321 996 $aWhy jazz happened$92454908 997 $aUNINA