A listen to jazz
By: written by Colleen Hord
Series: Little world art and music
Publisher: Rourke Educational Media
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Vero Beach, Florida
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9781621699804; 9781634306447; 9781621698807
Subjects: Jazz; MUSIC; Instruction & Study; Theory
Description: This book explores jazz, the uniquely American art form that sprung from post-slavery African American cultur and fused with other musical influences as it spread around the country. It covers all the different forms of music that fuzed together to create the jazz sound, as well as many of the past and present jazz greats.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: America's music; title: The sounds of jazz; title: Congo square; title: Jazz in America's history; title: Jazz today.