Chicago Jazz: A Cultural History, 1904-1930 - Hardcover

Kenney, William Howland

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195064534 ISBN 13: 9780195064537

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 1993

Synopsis

This is a study of how Chicago became the major centre of jazz in the 1920s - one of the most vital periods in the history of the music. By exploring the social and racial background of Chicago, Kenney is able to present compelling evidence of why Chicago became such a crucial place for the development of jazz. Kenney knows jazz, but as a historian he can put it into a wider social context. This book should be of great interest to anyone fascinated with jazz history.

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Review:

William Howland Kenney ... writes vividly and effectively ... Chicago Jazz remains the definitive account for the foreseeable future (Times Literary Supplement)

a meticulously researched and minutely detailed work of jazz scholarship that impressively enhances our understanding of how jazz developed, and the mileu in which it prospered. Aficionados will find this fascinating. (Trevor Hodgett, Irish News)

CHICAGO JAZZ is a good example of the new historical writing in the field. This is a well written and thoroughly researched book, and ought to appeal to anyone interested in the general history of jazz and popular music. (Jim Burns, Beat Scene , No. 23)

About the Author:

About the Author William Howland Kenney is a jazz clarinetist and Associate Professor of History and American Studies at Kent State University. He is the coeditor with Scott Deveaux of The Music of James Scott.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0195064534
• ISBN 13: 9780195064537
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248