Jazz and Culture in a Global Age

by Stuart Nicholson

Book Overview

Noted jazz scholar, biographer, and critic Stuart Nicholson has written an entertaining and enlightening consideration of the music's global past, present, and future. Jazz's emergence on the world scene coincided with America's rise as a major global power. The uniqueness of jazz's origins--America's singularly original gift of art to the world, developed by African Americans--adds a level of complexity to any appreciation of jazz's global presence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555538444
• ISBN13: 9781555538446
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"