Contributions

  • Jones, Gene - Contributor

Publication

2002 - Routledge, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

63,500 words, Guess

Page Count

254 pages

Identifiers

and 6 more
  • OCLC Control Number46936091
  • OCLC Control Number2001031910
  • Better World Books9780415936415
  • Better World BooksW7-AHC-974
  • Better World BooksP8-BXS-317
  • Open LibraryOL18343885M

Classifications

  • DDC781.65/092/273
  • DDCB
  • LCCML395 .J37 2002
and 2 more
  • LCCML395
  • LCCML395 .J37 2002eb

Description

"Black Bottom Stomp: Eight Masters of Ragtime and Early Jazz tells the compelling stories of the lives and times of eight seminal figures in American music, including Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, and Jelly Roll Morton. By focusing on these life stories, the authors shed new light on how individuals played such important roles in shaping the development of jazz music. The stories told range from the frustrations Scott Joplin faced trying to be taken "seriously" as a composer to the many protean changes that Jelly Roll Morton made in his life to adapt to new musical times and tastes. The human side of being a musician is explored, with all the sacrifices that were necessary to making it as black entertainers in a predominantly white world."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography

Other Editions

  • Black bottom stompRoutledge2002

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