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| Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Burton W Peretti |
| ISBN: | 0252064216 9780252064210 0252017080 9780252017087 |
| OCLC Number: | 32154404 |
| Description: | xii, 277 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | "I couldn't see anything but music" : African and rural roots -- "He should throw that club at you" : urban origins in New Orleans -- "Therefore, I got to go" : jazz and the great northern migration -- "Changing, changing" : the forging of northern black communities -- "The great travelers" : white jazz musicians of the 1920s -- "Turn the bitters into sweets" : the musical culture of jazz -- "Being crazy don't make music" : searching for a jazz subculture -- "Money-finding music" : jazz as a commodity -- "Wacky state of affairs" : the Depression, Swing Era, and Revolt -- "The wedding of the races"? : jazz and the color line. |
| Series Title: | Music in American life.; Blacks in the New World. |
| Responsibility: | Burton W. Peretti. |
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"Peretti's great success is that he compels into collective form the many individual histories that have come down to us, giving context and resonance to that anecdotal raw material which until this book has been largely the special preserve of the jazz fan."--Journal of American Studies Read more...
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