{"product_id":"the-jazz-age-popular-music-in-the-1920s-paperback","title":"The Jazz Age: Popular Music in the 1920's - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArnold Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald named it, Louis Armstrong launched it, Paul Whiteman and Fletcher Henderson orchestrated it, and now Arnold Shaw chronicles this fabulous era in his marvelously engrossing book, appropriately called \u003cem\u003eThe Jazz Age\u003c\/em\u003e. Enriching his account with lively anecdotes and inside stories, he describes the astonishing outpouring of significant musical innovations that emerged during the \"Roaring Twenties\"--including blues, jazz, band music, torch ballads, operettas, and musicals--and sets them against the background of the Prohibition world of the Flapper and the Gangster.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Jazz Age\u003c\/em\u003e offers an insider's view into the significant developments and personalities of the jazz age, including the maturation and Americanization of the Broadway musical theater, the explosion of the arts celebrated in the Harlem Renaissance, the rise of the Classic Blues Singers, and the evolution of ragtime into stride piano. It also contains a bibliography, detailed discography, and listings of the songs of the twenties in \u003cem\u003eVariety's\u003c\/em\u003e \"Golden 100\" and of films featuring singers and songwriters of the era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eArnold Shaw\u003c\/strong\u003e, winner of three ASCAP-Deems Taylor Awards, and author of such books as \u003cem\u003eHonkers and Shouters\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dictionary of Pop\/Rock\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlack Popular Music in America\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFifty-Second Street\u003c\/em\u003e, and biographies of Sinatra and Belafonte, is Director of the Popular Music Research Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 8.46 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53099887296819,"sku":"9780195060829","price":94.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RXQwZFNJK00xTFljcjdjcXFIdUhVQT09.webp?v=1772481325","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-jazz-age-popular-music-in-the-1920s-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}