Marshall Stearns (1908–1966)
Author of The Story of Jazz
About the Author
Works by Marshall Stearns
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Stearns, Marshall Winslow
- Birthdate
- 1908-10-18
- Date of death
- 1966-12-18
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- jazz critic
musicologist
professor - Organizations
- Institute of Jazz Studies (founder)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Place of death
- Key West, Florida, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
Members
Reviews
Stearns' The Story of Jazz is a very readable and entertaining introduction to the subject for those without the time or inclination to tackle Gunther Schuller's massive work on the subject. This is the book I'd give to a young person just getting interested in jazz.
Although I've only given it four stars, Stearns' book remains the best book I know of about vernacular jazz dance.
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Statistics
- Works
- 8
- Members
- 299
- Popularity
- #78,482
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 9
- Languages
- 1