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This anthology was compiled to aid the scholar working on the origins and evolution of jazz. Covering materials published through 1929, it also begins with article from 1859 which do not concern jazz directly, but will serve to present a solid foundation for understanding the American music scene from which jazz developed. Chronologically listed and well-indexed, the hundreds of articles comprise, in effect, a history of jazz as it evolved. Beginning with accounts of Negro music in the pre-jazz era, continuing in an exploration of spirituals, followed by a description of ragtime, we finally learn about the development of jazz from its practitioners and informed audiences of the time.
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Koenig has sneezed his way through dusty archives and plowed through yellowing-paged publications so other researchers into the origins and evolution of jazz music do not have to. He has retrieved hundreds of articles, arranged them chronologically, and indexed them by names and titles. Many do not deal directly with jazz or the black music it was
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- PublisherPendragon Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1576470245
- ISBN 13 9781576470244
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages611
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