The birth of bebop a social and musical history /

Scott DeVeaux takes a central chapter in the history of jazz - the birth of bebop - and shows how our contemporary ideas of this uniquely American art form flow from that pivotal moment. At the same time, he provides an extraordinary view of the United States in the decades just prior to the civil r...

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Main Author: DeVeaux, Scott Knowles.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1997]
Physical Description: xv, 572 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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