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Your search for: jazz AND age


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Research Topics on: jazz age

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Books on: jazz age

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Journal Articles on: jazz age

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Magazine Articles on: jazz age

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Encyclopedia Articles on: jazz age

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    Fitzgerald, F. Scott
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...considered the literary spokesman of the "jazz age" the decade of the 1920s. Part of...died of a heart attack in 1940 at the age of 44. The Last Tycoon, a promising...Philosophers (1920), Tales of the Jazz Age (1922), All the Sad Young Men...
     
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    Charleston , Dance
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...knees in time to the syncopated 4/4 rhythm of ragtime jazz . The steps are thought to have originated with the blacks...the reckless daring, abandon, and restlessness of the jazz-age flappers, soon became the rage throughout the United States...
     
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    Jamal, Ahmad
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...JAMAL, AHMAD 1930 , American jazz pianist, b. Pittsburgh, Pa...started playing the piano at the age of three and became interested in jazz during the bop era. He began...orchestral sound, defining the jazz trio for some 50 years. In 1958...
     
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    Hawkins, Coleman
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...COLEMAN 1904 69, American jazz musician, b. St. Joseph...began playing saxophone at the age of 9. He was part of Fletcher...the tenor saxophone as a major jazz instrument. His enormous tone...the company of avant-garde jazz musicians from 1945 until 1969...
     
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    Arlen, Harold
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...HAROLD ar l n, 1905 86, American jazz and popular composer, b. Buffalo...as Hyman Arluck. From the age of seven Arlen sang in the synagogue...at 15 he left school to play jazz piano, and at 16 he left home...Many of his songs became jazz standards because of their genuine...
     

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