num_pages: 360
description: An essential part of every aficionado's library, Black Beauty White Heat brings back innumerable memories of jazz's early days. With more than 600 photographs, advertisements and record labels, the book presents the years of 1920–1950—the decades of the greatest ferment and spread of jazz. Black Beauty White Heat will be a focal point of endless discussion about the origins of jazz for years to come.
language: English
title: Black Beauty, White Heat: A Pictorial History of Classic Jazz, 1920-1950
titlecomplete: Black Beauty, White Heat: A Pictorial History of Classic Jazz, 1920-1950
genres: History, Photography, Music
ratings_count: 12
publisher: Da Capo Press