The jazz scene
By: Francis Newton.
Publisher: MacGibbon & Kee
Published: 1959
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Jazz -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-298) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: How to recognize jazz; title: History. Pre-history ; Expansion ; Transformation; title: Music. Blues and orchestral jazz ; The instruments ; The musical achievement ; Jazz and other arts; title: Business. Popular music ; The jazz business; title: People. The musicians ; The public ; Jazz as a protest; title: App. 1. The British jazz fan, 1958; title: App. 2. Jazz language.