--- Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: >
>
> ravi wrote:
> > i see your point. was jazz in its various forms
> really popular
> > during the jazz age or was it the casting of big
> band jazz as
> > swing or other dance music that brought about its
> acceptance
> > among a larger (and white) audience?
> >
Jazz has always been more highly appreciated in Europe than it was in America. For a lot of jazz artists France was the only place they could get a gig.
I found Ken Burns documentary unwatchable, but seeing he seemed far more interested in race, than music - did he cover South African jazz?
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