Jazz in Poland: Improvised Freedom

By Igor Pietraszewski

This book studies the different roles that jazz played in Poland in the course of the 20th century. Igor Pietraszewski, sociologist and jazz musician, depicts how jazz was forbidden under Stalin, accepted and even supported in the Polish People's Republic and then welcomed in the open market of the Third Republic.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631643195
• ISBN13: 9783631643198
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.3"