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"Jazz is History," Burton Peretti writes, "and it is history central to the development of American culture since 1900."
This brief, thorough survey is a history of jazz, suitable for listeners new to the music and for those who have long been familiar with it. In this examination of the music and the men and women who made it, Peretti traces the links between jazz and the culture that formed it, and that was, in turn, influenced by it. The first compact history of jazz to place it within broader context. Peretti traces the emergence of jazz and follows its progress to the present, showing how it has reflected shifting American values.

Category: -Music -Jazz -Textbooks -History

Packed item weight: 14 oz.