Capturing the Jazz Moment

University of Chicago ethnomusicologist Travis A. Jackson explores the technological history of jazz, explaining how recordings are fictions (and why that's not a bad thing) and highlighting the roles of race, culture, and other musical styles in the development of this multifaceted art form.

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