Central Avenue Sounds
Subtitle: Jazz in Los Angeles (Roth Family Foundation Music in America Book)
Contributors: Clora Bryant (Editor); Buddy Collette (Editor); William Green (Editor); Steve Isoardi (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 465
ISBN-13: 9780520211896
Subjects: Black studies; Blues; Cultural studies; Jazz; Local history; Social history; Jazz music; Genres & Styles - Jazz; Los Angeles; Music; Music/Songbooks; Art; USA; History & Criticism - General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Music / General; Jazz musicians; California; History and criticism; Interviews
First sentence: With the onset of the Great Depression, many whites along Central Avenue were willing to sell property to blacks and other ethnic groups; thus racism and restrictive covenants at times gave way to mounting economic pressures.