Story of Jazz Stearns Marshall W. Professor of English Literature at Hunter College USA; founder and executive director The Institute of Jazz Studies New York
Beginning with the African musical heritage and its fusion with European forms in the New World, Marshall Stearns's history of jazz guides the reader through work songs, spirituls, ragtime, and the…
Specifikacia Story of Jazz Stearns Marshall W. Professor of English Literature at Hunter College USA; founder and executive director The Institute of Jazz Studies New York
Beginning with the African musical heritage and its fusion with European forms in the New World, Marshall Stearns's history of jazz guides the reader through work songs, spirituls, ragtime, and the blues, to the birth of jazz in New Orleans and its adoption by St Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, and New York. From swing and bop to the early days of rock, this lively book introduces us to the great musicians and singers and examines jazz's cultural effects on American and the