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Pioneers of jazz : the story of the Creole Band / Lawrence Gushee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gushee, Lawrence, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Original Creole Orchestra.
- Jazz musicians--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography.
- Jazz musicians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (399 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Creole Band, which existed from 1914-1918, was the first important jazz band, bringing jazz to the wider American public, from California to Massachusetts. This is a history of this important group, written by a renowned scholar of early jazz.
- Contents:
- Dramatis personae
- Before the beginning
- The first season
- The second season
- The third season
- The final season
- Life and music after the band.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-283) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772883-9
- 1-280-53264-5
- 9786610532643
- 0-19-534764-1
- 1-4237-2042-3
- 1-60256-872-3
- OCLC:
- 61342059
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