This study attempts to place jazz and the blues within the context of American social history. The author, Leroi Jones - also known as the poet Amiri Baraka - combines a knowledge of black American culture with his direct contact with many of the musicians who have provided the backbone to this vital strand of American 20th-century culture. This edition includes an introduction by the author in which he updates the book in order to take account of developments made in the past 30 years.
- ISBN10 068818474X
- ISBN13 9780688184742
- Publish Date 20 January 1999 (first published 6 April 1995)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 13 August 1999
- Publish Country US
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Imprint William Morrow
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English