Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet: Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz

by Randall Sandke

Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet tackles a controversial question: Is jazz the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination, or is it more properly understood as the juncture of a wide variety of influences under the broader umbrella of American culture? This book does not question that jazz was created and largely driven by African Americans, but rather...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442243546
• ISBN13: 9781442243545
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.2"