Jazz Gentry: Aristocrats of the Music World

by Warren W. Vache

Book Overview

Based on more than twenty years of interviews and first-hand knowledge of the people featured in Jazz Gentry, this factual account of the years between World Wars I and II explores the era that saw the development of a number of exceptional breakthroughs in popular entertainment--the popularity of ballroom dancing; the introduction of phonograph records, sound movies, and radio; the evolution of the American stage musical; and the increase of sophistication...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081083524X
• ISBN13: 9780810835245
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.0"