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The Story of Jazz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1970Copyright date: ©1970Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (231 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190281151
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Story of JazzDDC classification:
  • 781.650904
LOC classification:
  • ML3506 .S743 1970
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE: The Pre-History of Jazz -- 1: Jazz and West African Music -- 2: From Africa to the New World -- 3: The West Indies and the United States -- PART TWO: New Orleans -- 4: The New Orleans Background -- 5: The Transition to Jazz -- 6: Jazz Begins -- 7: Buddy Bolden and the Growth of Jazz -- PART THREE: The American Background -- 8: The Great Awakening -- 9: The Work Song -- 10: The Blues -- 11: Minstrelsy -- 12: The Spiritual -- 13: Ragtime -- PART FOUR: The Jazz Age -- 14: The Jazz Age Begins -- 15: The Jazz Age Flourishes -- 16: The Jazz Age Ends -- PART FIVE: Jazz Yesterday and Today -- 17: The Swing Era and the Revivalists -- 18: Bop and After -- 19: Afro-Cuban Music -- PART SIX: The Nature of Jazz -- 20: The European Tradition: Harmony -- 21: Melody and Rhythm -- 22: Expressiveness in Jazz: A Definition -- PART SEVEN: Jazz Tomorrow -- 23: The Conquest of Jazz -- 24: The Appeal of Jazz -- 25: Jazz and the Role of the Negro -- 26: Postscripts: The Future of Jazz -- Notes -- Bibliography -- A Syllabus of Fifteen Lectures on the History of Jazz -- Index.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE: The Pre-History of Jazz -- 1: Jazz and West African Music -- 2: From Africa to the New World -- 3: The West Indies and the United States -- PART TWO: New Orleans -- 4: The New Orleans Background -- 5: The Transition to Jazz -- 6: Jazz Begins -- 7: Buddy Bolden and the Growth of Jazz -- PART THREE: The American Background -- 8: The Great Awakening -- 9: The Work Song -- 10: The Blues -- 11: Minstrelsy -- 12: The Spiritual -- 13: Ragtime -- PART FOUR: The Jazz Age -- 14: The Jazz Age Begins -- 15: The Jazz Age Flourishes -- 16: The Jazz Age Ends -- PART FIVE: Jazz Yesterday and Today -- 17: The Swing Era and the Revivalists -- 18: Bop and After -- 19: Afro-Cuban Music -- PART SIX: The Nature of Jazz -- 20: The European Tradition: Harmony -- 21: Melody and Rhythm -- 22: Expressiveness in Jazz: A Definition -- PART SEVEN: Jazz Tomorrow -- 23: The Conquest of Jazz -- 24: The Appeal of Jazz -- 25: Jazz and the Role of the Negro -- 26: Postscripts: The Future of Jazz -- Notes -- Bibliography -- A Syllabus of Fifteen Lectures on the History of Jazz -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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