ISBN:
9780199851553
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (x, 328 p.)
,
ill., ports.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Badger, Reid A life in ragtime
DDC:
781.65092
Keywords:
Europe, James Reese
;
Europe, James Reese *1881-1919*
;
Bandmasters Biography
;
Jazz musicians Biography
;
Ragtime music History and criticism
;
Bandmasters United States
;
Biography
;
Jazz musicians United States
;
Biography
;
Ragtime music History and criticism
;
Biografie
;
Biografie
;
Europe, James R. 1880-1919
Abstract:
James Reese Europe, as a composer and band leader at the height of ragtime, had a strong influence on the first generation of jazz musicians who were to follow. Europe's life reveals much about the role of black musicians in American culture in a period when it was presumed they had little place.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references, discography and index. - Description based on print version record
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195337969.001.0001
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