Oxford Univeristy Press
W. Royal Stokes, Jazz critic, Washington Post
Pages 264

The Jazz Scene: An Informal History from New Orleans to 1990 In this vivid oral history, Stokes presents nearly a century of jazz - its people, places, periods, and styles - as seen by the artists who created America's most distinctive music.

The words of musicians famous and little-known tell us about their origins and adventures, about the places and performers they have known.
26 rare photographs, most of which have never been published.

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