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512 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781583677865
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Publication date: 18 June 2019
Description
The music we call “jazz” arose in late nineteenth century North America—most likely in New Orleans—based on the musical traditions of Africans, newly freed from slavery. Grounded in the music known as the “blues,” which expressed the pain, sufferi...
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512 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781583677865
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Publication date: 18 June 2019
Description
The music we call “jazz” arose in late nineteenth century North America—most likely in New Orleans—based on the musical traditions of Africans, newly freed from slavery. Grounded in the music known as the “blues,” which expressed the pain, sufferi...