Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development

This classic study of jazz by renowned composer, conductor, and musical scholar Gunther Schuller was widely acclaimed on its first publication in 1968. The first of two volumes on the history and musical contribution of jazz, it takes us from the beginnings of jazz as a distinct musical style at the turn of the century to its first great flowering from 1930 to 1939.

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Date Published: 1972

Book Condition: A very good hardcover in a good dust jacket showing minor edge wear, closed tears and surface scuffing. A fine copy internally.