Noted anthropologist, critic, and musical scholar John F. Szwed takes readers on a tour of the tangled history of jazz and explores how it developed from ethnic music to become America's most popular style and then part of the avant garde in less than 50 years.
Anyone interested in learning about a distinct musicjazzwill welcome this newest addition to the popular 101 reference series. Noted anthropologist, critic, and musical scholar John F. Szwed takes readers on a tour of the musics tangled history and explores how it developed from an ethnic music to become North Americas most popular music and then part of the avant garde in less than fifty years. Jazz 101 presents the key figures, history, theory, and controversies that shaped its development, along with a discussion of some of its most important recordings.
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JAZZ 101
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Product Weight: 0.70 lbs
Author: Szwed, John
Publication Date: 2000-08-23
Language: English
Publisher: HACHETTE BOOKS
Dewey Decimal Classification: 781.65
Audience Age Group: 18 to UP
Number of Units in Package: 1
ISBN: 9780786884964
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