Why Jazz Happened

Name: Why Jazz Happened
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ISBN: 9780520268784

ISBN-10: 0520268784

ISBN-13: 9780520268784

Edition: 2012

Authors: Marc Myers

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Why Jazz Happenedis the first comprehensive social history of jazz. It provides an intimate and compelling look at the many forces that shaped this most American of art forms and the many influences that gave rise to jazz's post-war styles. Rich with the voices of musicians, producers, promoters, and others on the scene during the decades following World War II, this book views jazz's evolution the prism of technological advances, social transformations, changes in the law, economic trends, and much more.In an absorbing narrative enlivened by the commentary of key personalities, Marc Myers shows how events such as the draft, World War II, and, later, the G.I. bill, profoundly influenced…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/10/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Marc Myersis a frequent contributor to theWall Street Journal, where he writes about jazz, rock, soul, and rhythm & blues as well as art and architecture. He blogs daily at www.JazzWax.com.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Record Giants Blink



DJs, Promoters, and Bebop



G.I. Bill and Cool



Speed War, Tape, and Solos



Suburbia and West Coast Jazz



BMI, R&B, and Hard Bop



Bias, Africa, and Spiritual Jazz



Invasion and Jazz-Pop



Alienation and the Avant-Garde



Lights, Volume, and Fusion



Jazz Hangs On


Notes


Index