The Language of Jazz

by Neil Powell and Powell Neil

'I invented jazz in 1902, ' said Jelly Roll Morton. He was in the right place at the right time -- New Orleans at the turn of the century -- so in a sense his claim is as good as anyone else's; but jazz actually evolved from a complex variety of sources, in which French and Spanish influences are as vital as those of blues, ragtime, spiritual and the American popular song. Like its near-contemporary sibling cinema, jazz is both an art-form almost...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857541642
• ISBN13: 9781857541649
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Carcanet Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.