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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Bjorn, Lars, 1944- Before Motown. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2001 (OCoLC)604183997 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Lars Bjorn; Jim Gallert |
ISBN: | 0472097652 9780472097654 0472067656 9780472067657 |
OCLC Number: | 45304954 |
Awards: | Winner of Michigan Notable Books 2002 |
Description: | xiv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
Contents: | Music of black Detroit before big band jazz -- Detroit and the creation of big band jazz -- 1930s: Paradise Valley days -- Detroit and the birth of bop -- West side modern: Detroit jazz clubs in the 1950s -- 1950s: the golden age of jazz in Detroit -- Detroit rhythm and blues: from jump blues to Motown -- Social history of Detroit jazz: a summary. |
Responsibility: | Lars Bjorn with Jim Gallert. |
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