Jazz in Black and White: Race, Culture, and Identity in the Jazz Community

by Charley Gerard

Book Overview

Is jazz a universal idiom or is it an African-American art form? Although whites have been playing jazz almost since it first developed, the history of jazz has been forged by a series of African-American artists whose styles caught the interest of their musical generation--masters such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and Charlie Parker. Whether or not white musicians deserve their secondary status in jazz history, one thing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275961982
• ISBN13: 9780275961985
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"