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"Why Jazz Happened is a fantastic, eye-opening unfolding of the music and musicians who developed this spell-binding art between World War II and Watergate. Marc Myers shatters myths here, and treats jazz history like an epic saga. I lived and breathed this period during my extensive career in jazz, and this book brings a new perspective to the music's golden era."--Creed Taylor, multi-Grammy Award-winning jazz producer
"Marc Myers's Why Jazz Happened is the first wide-ranging social history of jazz, a highly original attempt to portray and understand the music's evolution by looking at it through the prism of non-musical historic events. The result is a book that will shape the way all subsequent commentators think and write about jazz history."--Terry Teachout, author of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
"For newcomers to jazz and the global audience for whom this music is a vital part of their lives, Marc Myers has written a deeply illuminating and engaging portrait of the essence of jazz. He writes from the inside of jazz--the experiences of the musicians themselves, on the stand and in their own lives. This book is full of surprises. I lived and wrote during much of this period, but I found here a lot that I didn't know."--Nat Hentoff, author of At the Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years on the Jazz Scene
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- Title Why Jazz Happened
- Author Marc Myers
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition sign
- Pages 280
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Qd12
- Date 2012-12-10
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780520268784 / 0520268784
- Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 9.26 x 6.43 x 0.82 in (23.52 x 16.33 x 2.08 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Jazz - History and criticism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012022218
- Dewey Decimal Code 781.655
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Citations
- Booklist, 11/01/2012, Page 15
- Books & Culture, 07/01/2014, Page 17
- Choice, 04/01/2013, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 10/15/2012, Page 0
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