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 withaccounts 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.
- ISBN10 1576470245
- ISBN13 9781576470244
- Publish Date 7 July 2002
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 17 May 2017
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pendragon Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 611
- Language English