Hear Me Talkin' to YA - (Dover Books on Music: History) by Nat Shapiro & Nat Hentoff (Paperback)

Jazz: The Living History of America's Music is a comprehensive oral history that captures the birth, growth, and evolution of jazz music through the words of its greatest legends.

Featuring interviews with Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, and Billie Holiday, among many others, this book provides a vivid and colorful account of the origins of jazz in New Orleans, its spread to Chicago, Kansas City, and the West Coast, and its modern developments.

With hundreds of personal interviews, letters, tape-recorded conversations, and excerpts from previously printed articles, Jazz: The Living History of America's Music offers a unique and unparalleled insight into the lives and experiences of the men and women who created this iconic American art form.

Whether you are a jazz enthusiast, musician, student of history or culture, or simply someone interested in learning more about the rich cultural heritage of America, this book is an absolute must-read.

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