The jazz cadence of American culture / edited by Robert G. O'Meally

Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [1998]
Copyright Date: ©1998
Physical Description: xvi, 665 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm
Additional Creators: O'Meally, Robert G., 1948-

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Contents

pt. 1. What is jazz? -- pt. 2. One nation under a groove, or, The United States of jazzocracy -- pt. 3. Jazz lines and colors : the sound I saw -- pt. 4. Jazz is a dance : jazz art in motion -- pt. 5. Tell the story : jazz, history, memory -- pt. 6. Writing the blues, writing jazz.

Subject(s)

Jazz—History and criticism
Blues (Music)—History and criticism
African Americans—Music—History and criticism

ISBN

0231104480 (cloth : alk. paper)
0231104499 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Note

"Jazz" appears in large type across title page.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [629]-632) and index.

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