The Creation of Jazz - Music, Race, and Culture in Urban America

Explains how jazz was shaped by urbanization, the 'great migration' of southern blacks northward, and the 'jazz image' - dress code, jargon, and use of drugs. This book places jazz in its rich social context.

Summary

Explains how jazz was shaped by urbanization, the 'great migration' of southern blacks northward, and the 'jazz image' - dress code, jargon, and use of drugs. This book places jazz in its rich social context.

Product details

• Authors: Burton W. Peretti
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1994
• EAN: 9780252064210
• ISBN: 978-0-252-06421-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 227 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Blacks in the New World; Blacks in the New World
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries