The Story of Jazz (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195012699)

Beginning with the African musical heritage and its fusion with European forms in the New World, Marshall Stearns's history of jazz guides the reader through work songs, spirituls, ragtime, and the blues, to the birth of jazz in New Orleans and its adoption by St Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, and New York. From swing and bop to the early days of rock, this lively book introduces us to the great musicians and singers and examines jazz's cultural effects on American and the world.

Author: Marshall W. Stearns
ISBN-10: 0195012690
ISBN-13: 9780195012699
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 09/15/1970
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.55w x 1.01d