Cities, Labels, and the Global Emergence of an Art Form
by
Damon J. Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2013
There are over a million jazz recordings, but only a few hundred tunes have been recorded repeatedly. Why did a minority of songs become jazz standards? Why do some songs--and not others--get rerecorded by many musicians? Shaping Jazz answers this question and more, exploring the underappreciated...