System Details |
Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 114145 KB). |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Note |
Downloadable audio file. |
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Title from: Title details screen. |
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Unabridged. |
Performer |
Read by Grover Gardner. |
Summary |
"Jazz 101 is a fascinating entree into the world of jazz, for the beginner, novice, or jazz enthusiast. Szwed takes listeners on a tour of the varied and nonlinear history of jazz, exploring how it developed from an ethnic music to become America's most popular music and then part of the avant-garde in less than fifty years. Szwed's complete overview includes the major types of jazz and significant jazz musicians of the twentieth century; the roots of jazz, including its European and African influences; and recommended listening." |
Subject |
Jazz -- Analysis, appreciation. -- Sound recordings.
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Added Author |
Gardner, Grover.
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Added Title |
Jazz one hundred one |
ISBN |
(sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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