DC jazz : stories of jazz music in Washington, DC / Maurice Jackson and Blair A. Ruble, editors.

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The conventional history of jazz music in the United States begins in New Orleans, moves upstream along the Mississippi River to Chicago, then by rail into New York before exploding across the globe. But in fact the nation's capital has been a fertile city for jazz for a century. Some of the most im...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Jackson, Maurice, 1950- (Editor) Ruble, Blair A., 1949- (Editor)
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Jazz > Washington (D.C.) > History and criticism. Jazz musicians > Washington (D.C.) Jazz. Jazz musicians. Washington (D.C.) Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:	xviii, 198 pages ; 27 cm
Variant Title:	District of Columbia jazz
Format:	Book

Contents:

Jazz, "Great Black Music" and the Struggle for Racial and Social Equality in Washington, DC / Maurice Jackson
Seventh Street : Black DC's Musical Mecca / Blair A. Ruble
Washington's Duke Ellington / John Edward Hasse
Bill Brower : Notes from a Keen Observer and Scene Maker / Interview by Willard Jenkins
Jazz Radio in Washington, DC / Rusty Hassan
Legislating Jazz / Anna Harwell Celenza
The Beautiful Struggle: a Look at Women Who Have Helped Shape the DC Jazz Scene / Bridget Arnwine
No Church without a Choir: Howard University and Jazz in Washington, DC / Lauren Sinclair
From Federal City College to UDC: A Retrospective on Washington's Jazz University / Judith A. Korey
Researching Jazz History in Washington, DC / Michael Fitzgerald.