Jazz Modernism: From Ellington and Armstrong to Matisse and Joyce
Alfred Appel
296 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0300102739
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Language: English
Publish: March 11, 2004
How does the jazz of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker fit into the great tradition of the modern arts between 1920 and 1950? In this text, cultural historian Alfred Appel provides the answer.