Cuttin' Up: How Early Jazz Got America's Ear

by Court Carney

Book Overview

The emergence of jazz out of New Orleans is part of the American story, but the creation of this music was more than a regional phenomenon: it also crossed geographical, cultural, and technological lines. Court Carney takes a new look at the spread and acceptance of jazz in America, going beyond the familiar accounts of music historians and documentarians to show how jazz paralleled and propelled the broader changes taking place in America's economy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700618899
• ISBN13: 9780700618897
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"