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Jazz : A Regional Exploration (Greenwood Guides to American Roots Music)
Jazz A Regional Exploration - Greenwood Guides to American Roots Music Author:Scott Yanow Considered by many audiophiles to be the one true form of American music, jazz evolved in many "scenes" throughout the country. The "Young Lions" jazz movement in New Orleans spread up the Mississippi in the Northern Migration. St. Louis and Sedalia, Missouri became jazz centers, while Count Basie led a revolution in Kansas City. Chicago in the ... more »1920s--the era of Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, and Louis Armstrong--became a center of freewheeling jazz, while classic jazz and swing took root in New York City in the 30s and 40s behind Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Benny Goodman, the "King of Swing." And while "boogie woogie" and "hot jazz" grew out of the Big Apple, a generation of experimental musicians such as Chet Baker and Stan Kenton stood at the forefront of West Coast jazz and the Los Angeles scene. Noted jazz writer Scott Yanow carefully traces the evolution of jazz from regional manifestations to an increasingly national language at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Greenwood Guide to American Roots Music series includes volumes on musical genres that have pervaded American culture. This series describes American musical traditions that have been associated with specific geographic regions throughout our nation. Each volume explores the different ways that a genre, such as jazz, has evolved naturally in different regions and "scenes" while becoming an undeniable element of American culture.« less