Oxford Topics in Music: Jazz and American Music

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This book unfolds the world of jazz from its roots to the present day. It starts with the slave trade from Africa to America and moves on through the Blues. New Orleans, Ragtime, Swing and Be-bop to the still-evolving modern jazz today. Instruments, performers and composers are discussed as an integral part of the developement and the projects encourage aural and pracrtical involvement of the pupils.

Name in long format: Oxford Topics in Music: Jazz and American Music
ISBN-10: 0193213362
ISBN-13: 9780193213364
Book pages: 48
Book language: en
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Dimensions: Height: 9.69 Inches, Length: 7.44 Inches, Weight: 0.30423792156 Pounds, Width: 0.13 Inches

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