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 Title:  Story of Jazz: A history from the origins to modern experiments
  Author:  Harris, Rex
  Contributor:  Meyer, Sheldon
  Publisher:  Grosset and Dunlap
  Place of Publication:  New York
  Date of Publication:  1955
  Original Date of Publ: 
  Publication Number: 
  Number of Pages:  280
  Binding Style:  Hardbound
  Dimensions:  5.5 in.
  Contents:  Formation of the classic jazz -- Ragtime and early white jazz -- The pioneer jazzmen -- Exodus from New Orleans -- The great individualists -- Piano jazz -- The influence of European orthodoxy in arrangements -- American commercial exploitation -- The white school -- Renaissance -- Afterword; Modern Jazz
  Notes:  Includes an afterword and a discography by Sheldon Meyer.
  Format:  Book
  Subject - Culture:  American
  Subject - Time:  20th century
  Subject - Topic:  Jazz
  Subject - Instrument: 
  Subject - Genre:  History



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