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Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930-1942 (American Made Music)
Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia 19301942 - American Made Music
Author: Christopher Wilkinson
The coal fields of West Virginia would seem an unlikely market for big band jazz during the Great Depression. That a prosperous African American audience dominated by those involved with the coal industry was there for jazz tours would seem equally improbable. Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930-1942 shows that, contrary to expectations, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781617031687
ISBN-10: 1617031682
Publication Date: 2/6/2012
Pages: 240
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Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Book Type: Hardcover
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