Why Jazz Happened
Marc Myers
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From bebop to fusion, jazz styles changed rapidly between 1942 and 1972.
Creative genius was only half the story. Equally important was a series of unlikely business, cultural and technological upheavals—including the G.I. Bill, the suburbanization of Los Angeles and the rise of the 12-inch LP—that helped jazz flower between WWII and Watergate. Join us for a vivid audio-visual tour through jazz’s golden era.
"If you want to know why jazz changed so often between 1942 and 1972, Why Jazz Happened is a good place to start. Marc Myers has made a serious contribution to the discussion about how jazz went from a practical art entertaining dancers to one aimed at listeners." —Tim Marchman, the Wall Street Journal
Brief Bio
Marc Myers is a Wall Street Journal music contributor and editor of JazzWax.com, which won the Jazz Journalists Association’s 2012 Blog of the Year. He is author of Why Jazz Happened.
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