A comprehensive social history looks at the many forces that shaped this most American of art forms and the many influences that gave rise to jazz's post-war styles.
Record giants blink DJs, promoters, and bebop G.I. Bill and cool Speed war, tape, and solos Suburbia and West Coast Jazz BMI, R&B, and hard bop Bias, Africa, and spiritual jazz Invasion and jazz-pop Alienation and the avant-garde Lights, volume, and fusion Jazz hangs on
