Jazz in the Hill: Nightlife and Narratives of a Pittsburgh Neighborhood

by Colter Harper

From the 1920s through the 1960s, Pittsburgh's Hill District was the heart of the city's Black cultural life and home to a vibrant jazz scene. In Jazz in the Hill: Nightlife and Narratives of a Pittsburgh Neighborhood, Colter Harper looks at how jazz shaped the neighborhood and created a way of life. Beyond backdrops for remarkable careers, jazz clubs sparked the development of a self-determined African American community. In delving into the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496849868
• ISBN13: 9781496849861
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"