Motor City Music: A Detroiter Looks Back

by Mark Slobin

This is the first-ever historical study across all musical genres in any American metropolis. Detroit in the 1940s-60s was not just "the capital of the twentieth century" for industry and the war effort, but also for the quantity and extremely high quality of its musicians, from jazz to classical to ethnic. The author, a Detroiter from 1943, begins with a reflection of his early life with his family and others, then weaves through the music traffic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190882085
• ISBN13: 9780190882082
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"