The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 1880-1935

by Catherine Tackley Parsonage)

As a popular music, the evolution of jazz is tied to the contemporary sociological situation. Jazz was brought from America into a very different environment in Britain and resulted in the establishment of parallel worlds of jazz by the end of the 1920s: within the realms of institutionalized culture and within the subversive underworld. Tackley (n e Parsonage) demonstrates the importance of image and racial stereotyping in shaping perceptions of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138275166
• ISBN13: 9781138275164
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.