The jazz cadence of American culture
By: edited by Robert G. O'Meally.
Contributors: O'Meally, Robert G., 1948-
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 665
Subjects: Jazz -- History and criticism.; Blues (Music) -- History and criticism.; African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Thirty-five essays.
Table of contents: title: What is jazz?; title: One nation under a groove, or, The United States of jazzocracy; title: Jazz lines and colors : the sound I saw; title: Jazz is a dance : jazz art in motion; title: Tell the story : jazz, history, memory; title: Writing the blues, writing jazz.