Jazz on the River

by William Howland Kenney

Book Overview

Just after World War I, the musical style called jazz began a waterborne journey outward from that quintessential haven of romance and decadence, New Orleans. For the first time in any organized way, steam-driven boats left town during the summer months to tramp the Mississippi River, bringing an exotic new music to the rest of the nation. For entrepreneurs promoting jazz, this seemed a promising way to spread northward the exciting sounds of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226437337
• ISBN13: 9780226437330
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"