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The jazz scene : an informal history from New Orleans to 1990 / W. Royal Stokes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stokes, W. Royal.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii,261p.,[16]p. of plates ) ports.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1991 (1993 [printing])
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is an informal history of New Orleans jazz from the turn of the 20th century to the present day, as told by the musicians themselves in interviews conducted by the author.
- W. Royal Stokes is renowned for his ability to transform revealing interviews into elegant prose. Combining interview with perceptive commentary, this personal history of the whole history and spectrum of American jazz deals with the differing styles found in New Orleans, Chicago, Harlem, Detroit, and Kansas City, and introduces the reader to all manner of composers, bands, singers, and instrumentalists who made their name playing in American and Europe.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-535953-4
- 1-4294-0773-5
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