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The birth of bebop : a social and musical history / Scott DeVeaux.
LIBRA ML3506 .D48 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DeVeaux, Scott Knowles.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bop (Music)--History and criticism.
- Bop (Music).
- Jazz--1931-1940--History and criticism.
- Jazz.
- Jazz--1941-1950--History and criticism.
- Music--Social aspects.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 572 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- The richest place in America's musical landscape is that fertile ground occupied by jazz. In this book, 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. 29 photos. 111 musical examples.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-534), discographical references (pages 535-544), and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520205790
- OCLC:
- 35701262
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