The jazz revolution : twenties America & the meaning of jazz /
Ogren, Kathy J.,
The jazz revolution : twenties America & the meaning of jazz / Kathy J. Ogren. - vii, 221 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Originally published: 1989.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The 1920s were not called the Jazz Age for nothing. Celebrated by writers from Langston Hughes to Gertrude Stein, jazz was the dominant influence on American popular music, despite resistance from whites who distrusted its vibrant expression of black culture and by those opposed to the overt sexuality and raw emotion of the 'devil's music'. As Kathy Ogren shows, the breathless pace and syncopated rhythms were as much a part of twenties America as Prohibition and the economic boom, which enabled millions throughout the states to enjoy the latest sounds on radios and phonographs.
Specialized.
ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award 1990
9780195074796 (pbk.) : £12.95
Jazz music--United States.
Music--Social aspects.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Music.
Music.
781.6'5'0973
The jazz revolution : twenties America & the meaning of jazz / Kathy J. Ogren. - vii, 221 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Originally published: 1989.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The 1920s were not called the Jazz Age for nothing. Celebrated by writers from Langston Hughes to Gertrude Stein, jazz was the dominant influence on American popular music, despite resistance from whites who distrusted its vibrant expression of black culture and by those opposed to the overt sexuality and raw emotion of the 'devil's music'. As Kathy Ogren shows, the breathless pace and syncopated rhythms were as much a part of twenties America as Prohibition and the economic boom, which enabled millions throughout the states to enjoy the latest sounds on radios and phonographs.
Specialized.
ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award 1990
9780195074796 (pbk.) : £12.95
Jazz music--United States.
Music--Social aspects.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Music.
Music.
781.6'5'0973