| Description |
xvii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244) and indexes. |
| Summary |
This text tells the stories of the lives of eight figures in American music history, including Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, and Jelly Roll Morton. It also tells how ragtime and popular dance music fed into and changed the development of early jazz. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Tom Turpin and the birth of ragtime -- Scott Joplin -- Eubie Blake -- Luckey Roberts -- James P. Johnson -- Willie The Lion Smith -- Fats Waller -- Jelly Roll Morton -- Louis Armstrong. |
| Subject |
Jazzians -- United States -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Jones, Gene (Gordon Gene)
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| ISBN |
041593611 |
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041593642X paperback |
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0415936411 |
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