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$23.50 “Jazz is history," Burton Peretti writes, “and it is history central to the devel¬ opment of American culture since 1900." In his unusual new book, Mr. Peretti charts the birth and develop¬ ment of jazz since 1900 alongside the historical context that both contributed to and reflected this distinctive music. “No American music has inspired more praise or more controversy," the author argues, “or been so closely associated with the rise and fall of America’s cities, or with the fluctuating reputation of American culture around the world. And no music has been more intimately linked with the search by concerned Americans for legal and social equality for all, particularly for African Americans." Three aspects of this connection interest Mr. Peretti: the music itself, the musicians who have played it, and the audience. Within these motifs, he traces the emergence of jazz out of ragtime just after the turn of the cen¬ tury, during a tumultuous period of urban and industrial growth. By the time the 1920s arrived, jazz was flour¬ ishing and had begun to symbolize the cultural struggle between modernists and traditionalists. As Americans sought reassurance and self-esteem during the Great Depression, jazz reached new levels of sophistication in the Swing Era. World War II encouraged rapid changes in popular tastes, and in the postwar (continued on back flap) Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/jazzinamericancuOOOOpere Jazz in American Culture JAZZ IN AMERICAN CULTURE Burton W. Peretti The American Ways Series IVAN R. DEE Chicago idte Georgia Library '5«: K ?; r*ft Aif'. M-k $ ^ tk* Wft B * ,.i <’' A ,*! A •.. •*..* i: u tyst <V<r* ^wi 3j 'UiirTi fljf i9 !• « m JAZZ IN AMERICAN CULTURE. Copyright © 1997 by Burton W. Peretti. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. For information, address: Ivan R. Dee, Inc., 1332 North Halsted Street, Chicago 60622. Manufactured in the United States of America and printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Peretti, Burton W. (Burton William), 1961— Jazz in American culture / Burton W. Peretti. p. cm. — (The American ways series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56663-142-4 (cloth : alk. paper). — ISBN 1-56663-143-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Jazz—History and criticism. 2. Popular culture—United States—History—20th century.1 3. Music and society. I. Title. II. Series. ML3508.P46 1997 781.65*0973—dc20 96-35596 ' For Jenny
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