Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy
Subtitle: Gennett Studios and the Birth of Recorded Jazz
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: March 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780253213150
Subjects: Blues; Jazz; Social history; Music/Songbooks; Music; USA; Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal; American Studies; Popular Culture; Indiana; History; General
First sentence: The rise of the formidable Starr Piano Company and its fabled Gennett Records label from the small Quaker town of Richmond, Indiana, smack in America's heartland, sounds improbable today, if not fantastic.