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Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections at ASU

The first book of jazz / by Langston Hughes ; pictures by Cliff Roberts ; music selected by David Martin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: [First books] ; 58Description: 65 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781.65 21
LOC classification:
  • ML3508 .H84 1955
Contents:
Just for fun -- African drums -- Old New Orleans -- Work songs -- Jubilees -- Golden slippers -- The blues -- Ragtime -- Great jazz pianists -- Boogie-woogie -- Singing trumpets -- Louis Armstrong -- The birth of jazz -- Improvising -- Syncopation -- Chicago and New York -- What is jazz? -- Ten basic elements of jazz -- Jazz instruments -- Swing music -- Bebop -- Famous jazz musicians -- Suggested records for study -- 100 of my favorite recordings.
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Photocopy Photocopy Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections at ASU Annex 2, PEBE 109 Non-fiction ML3508 .H84 1955 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0000000238991

First edition. See Dickinson.

Includes discographies (pages 58-64) and index.

Just for fun -- African drums -- Old New Orleans -- Work songs -- Jubilees -- Golden slippers -- The blues -- Ragtime -- Great jazz pianists -- Boogie-woogie -- Singing trumpets -- Louis Armstrong -- The birth of jazz -- Improvising -- Syncopation -- Chicago and New York -- What is jazz? -- Ten basic elements of jazz -- Jazz instruments -- Swing music -- Bebop -- Famous jazz musicians -- Suggested records for study -- 100 of my favorite recordings.

Dickinson, D.C. Bio-bibliography of Langston Hughes, 1902-1967, 26

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Judy B. Alter 2017 Gift

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