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Subversive Sounds: Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans Charles B. Hersch
Subversive Sounds: Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans
Charles B. Hersch
Probes New Orleans' history, uncovering a web of racial interconnections and animosities that was instrumental to the creation of a vital American art form - jazz. This book shows how musicians such as Jelly Roll Morton, Nick La Rocca, and Louis Armstrong negotiated New Orleans' complex racial rules to pursue their craft.
304 pages, 14 halftones, 2 maps
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 1, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226328683 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 154 × 227 × 17 mm · 484 g |