Hughes, Langston: The Story of Jazz

Langston Hughes: The Story of Jazz - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

The Story of Jazz

Artist:

Langston Hughes

Label:

Folkways Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

093070731226

Genre:

Spoken

Release Date:

2012-05-30

Number of Discs:

1

Narrated by Langston Hughes, The Story of Jazz is a concise history of jazz beginning with Drums of the Yoruba, from Nigeria, and continuing to the post-WWII era of be-bop with Dizzy Gillespie's "Oopapada." Hughes delineates the various subcategories of this ever-evolving genre which includes the rag, New Orleans jazz, blues, Kansas City jazz and boogie-woogie piano, swing, be-bop, and progressive jazz. Well-chosen examples accompany each exploration of style.

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