Circular Breathing: The Cultural Politics of Jazz in Britain

by George McKay

Book Overview

In Circular Breathing, George McKay, a leading chronicler of British countercultures, uncovers the often surprising ways that jazz has accompanied social change during a period of rapid transformation in Great Britain. Examining jazz from the founding of George Webb's Dixielanders in 1943 through the burgeoning British bebop scene of the early 1950s, the Beaulieu Jazz Festivals of 1956-61, and the improvisational music making of the 1960s and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822335735
• ISBN13: 9780822335733
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"