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The creation of jazz : music, race, and culture in urban America / Burton W. Peretti.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Music in American life | Blacks in the New WorldPublication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1992.Description: xii, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0252017080
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.4/84 20
LOC classification:
  • ML3508 .P45 1992
Contents:
"I couldn't see anything but music" : African and rural roots -- "He should throw that club at you" : urban origins in New Orleans -- "Therefore, I got to go" : jazz and the great northern migration -- "Changing, changing" : the forging of northern black communities -- "The great travelers" : white jazz musicians of the 1920s -- "Turn the bitters into sweets" : the musical culture of jazz -- "Being crazy don't make music" : searching for a jazz subculture -- "Money-finding music" : jazz as a commodity -- "Wacky state of affairs" : the Depression, Swing Era, and Revolt -- "The wedding of the races"? : jazz and the color line.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library Music Pocket Library Books & Scores ML3508.P45 1992 1 Available 33710000099205

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-260) and index.

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"I couldn't see anything but music" : African and rural roots -- "He should throw that club at you" : urban origins in New Orleans -- "Therefore, I got to go" : jazz and the great northern migration -- "Changing, changing" : the forging of northern black communities -- "The great travelers" : white jazz musicians of the 1920s -- "Turn the bitters into sweets" : the musical culture of jazz -- "Being crazy don't make music" : searching for a jazz subculture -- "Money-finding music" : jazz as a commodity -- "Wacky state of affairs" : the Depression, Swing Era, and Revolt -- "The wedding of the races"? : jazz and the color line.