Jazz: A Regional Exploration

by Scott Yanow

Many describe jazz asa the one true form of American music. Arising out of the syncopated rhythms of African music, Cajun songs, and Ragtime, jazz evolved in many 'scenes' throughout the country. The Young Lions jazz movement in New Orleans spread up the Mississippi in the northern Migration. Communities such as St. Louis and Sedalia became jazz centers, while Count Bassie led a revolution in Kansas City. Chicago became a center of freewheeling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313328714
• ISBN13: 9780313328718
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 10.4"