Jazz: A History
- ISBN-10
- 0393090787
- ISBN-13
- 9780393090789
- Series
- Jazz
- Category
- Jazz
- Pages
- 457
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1977
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Author
- Frank Tirro
Description
Jazz is a democratic music in the best sense of the word, for it is the collective achievement of a people.
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