The Creation Of Jazz
Music, Race, and Culture in Urban America
Jazz's dynamic impact on American society
Paper – $30
978-0-252-06421-0
Publication Date
Paperback: 08/01/1994
About the Book
This fascinating account of how the racial and cultural dynamics of American cities created the music, life, and business that was jazz is the first comprehensive analysis of the role of jazz in its formative years.About the Author
Burton W. Peretti is the dean of liberal arts at Northern Virginia Community College, Annadale. His books include The Leading Man: Hollywood and the Presidential Image and Jazz in American Culture.Reviews
"Peretti's great success is that he compels into collective form the many individual histories that have come down to us, giving context and resonance to that anecdotal raw material which until this book has been largely the special preserve of the jazz fan."--Journal of American StudiesRelated Titles
