Jazz: A History of America's Music (original 2000; edition 2000)

by Geoffrey C. Ward

Series: Ken Burns: Jazz [PBS]

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Traces the history of jazz music from its origins in New Orleans through the twentieth century, and looks at the lives and contributions of some of the genre's greatest composers and performers.

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Informative and highly entertaining account of key jazz players and the many mutations jazz has made since the 1920s. This never got dull, even for a moment. (

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I had intended to skim though this huge book, but once I started I got sucked in. It's totally fascinating and you don't need to be interested in jazz to enjoy it. It really shines in giving a picture of America in the first half of the 1900's. There were so many things I didn't know or hadn't connected the dots on. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Geoffrey C. Ward	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Burns, Ken	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Burton, Levar	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Traces the history of jazz music from its origins in New Orleans through the twentieth century, and looks at the lives and contributions of some of the genre's greatest composers and performers.

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