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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Making Noise and Stomping Feet 2. Jazz from the Trenches 3. Le Jazz-Hot: The Roaring Twenties 4. Jim Crow: Sans Domicile Fixe 5. The Golden Age: The Thirties 6. Le Jazz-Cold: The Silent Forties 7. Final Notes: The Liberation of Jazz Coda Appendix: Zazou Chants Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

William A. Shack (1923--2000) was Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Among his books are The Central Ethiopians: Amhara, Tigrina and Related Peoples (1975) and The Gurage: A People of the Ensete Culture (1966).

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"A short but powerful book that makes a valuable contribution to the publisher's 'Music of the African Diaspora' series."--"Library Journal

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