Myers, Marc
Why Jazz Happened
- ISBN 13:
- 9780520268784
- author:
- Myers, Marc
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- University of California Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 248
- Dimensions:
- 15.9 x 2.2 x 23.5 cm
- Genre:
- Art, Architecture & Photography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Why Jazz Happened provides an intimate and compelling look at the forces that shaped this most American of art forms. Marc Myers explores how technological advances, social transformations, changes in the law, economic trends, and other factors influenced jazz's evolution.
The book views jazz's development through a range of events and trends, including the American Federation of Musicians strike, changes in radio and concert-promotion, the introduction of the long-playing record, and the suburbanization of Los Angeles. Myers also examines how these developments outside of jazz itself contributed to its texture, complexity, and growth.
This groundbreaking book deepens our appreciation of jazz by identifying many of the key factors that shaped its evolution over time.
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