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The social connotation of jazz in American popular culture has shifted dramatically since its emergence in the early twentieth century. Once considered youthful
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Pages: 835
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Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-17 - Publisher: HarperCollins

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A visual history of America’s jazz nightclubs of the 1940s and 1950s, featuring exclusive interviews and over 200 souvenir photos. In the two decades before t
Shaping Jazz
Language: en
Pages: 233
Authors: Damon J. Phillips
Categories: Social Science
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There are over a million jazz recordings, but only a few hundred tunes have been recorded repeatedly. Why did a minority of songs become jazz standards? Why do
The Jazz And Blues Lover's Guide To The U.s.
Language: en
Pages: 454
Authors: Christiane Bird
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This completely updated guide tells readers where to find everything from the current music scene to major jazz/blues landmarks in 26 American cities and the Mi
The Boston Jazz Chronicles
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Richard Vacca
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There has always been more to music in Boston than the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Jazz, for example, dates to the early 1900s, but it was in the 1940s and 1950s