Jazz : a history of America's music

Author(s)

• Ward, Geoffrey C.
• Burns, Ken

Bibliographic Information

Jazz : a history of America's music

by Geoffrey C. Ward ; based on a documentary film by Ken Burns ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; with a preface by Ken Burns

Pimlico, 2001, c2000

Note

"The book of the BBC series"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-470) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A real gem - the history of jazz, beautifully illustrated with more than 200 illustrations Ken Burns and geoffrey Ward bring us the history of the first American music, from its beginnings in Ragtime, Blues and Gospel, through to the present day.JAZZ has been a prism through which so much of American History can be seen - a curious and unusually objective witness to the 20th Century.

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Details

• NCID: BA53736883
• ISBN:
  • 0712667695
• LCCN: 00022604
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: x, 489 p.
• Size: 28 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : ML3506
  • DC21 : 781.65/09
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Jazz -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Jazz Pictorial works