Myers, Marc, 1956-
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2013.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Acknowledgments — Introduction — Record Giants Blink — DJs, Promoters, and Bebop — G.I. Bill and Cool — Speed War, Tape, and Solos — Suburbia and West Coast Jazz — BMI, R&B, and Hard Bop — Bias, Africa, and Spiritual Jazz — Invasion and Jazz-Pop — Alienation and the Avant-Garde — Lights, Volume, and Fusion — Jazz Hangs On — Notes — Index.
- A comprehensive social history looks at the many forces that shaped this most American of art forms and the many influences that gave rise to jazz’s post-war styles.
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