Details
Rent Jazz: A History of America's Music
Author:
Narrator: Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: Abridged CD
Publisher: Random House Audio Assets
Published: Sep 2007
Genre: Music - Genres & Styles - Jazz
Retail Price: $24.99
Synopsis
The companion volume to the ten-part PBS TV series by the team responsible for
'The Civil War' and 'Baseball,'
Continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed works, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns vividly bring to life the story of the quintessential American music— jazz. Born in the black community of turn-of-the-century New Orleans but played from the beginning by musicians of every color, jazz celebrates all Americans at their best.
Here are the stories of the extraordinary men