Why jazz happened / Marc Myers.
A comprehensive social history looks 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.
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
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Table of Contents:
- 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.