H Brook Webb
Biographic Data
| ID | 10437490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | H Brook Webb |
| GIVEN NAMES | H Brook |
| FAMILY NAME | Webb |
| SIGNATURE | WEBB H B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1937 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1937 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Slang of Jazz
IN DESCRIBING the language of jazz it is well to begin with the phenomenon of jazz music. This is a musical form which is fundamentally negroid and arose out of the negro's lack of any medium in which to express himself. His chief emotion was an overwhelming melancholy from which he gained surcease in the stomping revival meetings. Given musical instruments, but no formal instruction in their use, he developed two styles of improvised music-the b…
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The Slang of Jazz
IN DESCRIBING the language of jazz it is well to begin with the phenomenon of jazz music. This is a musical form which is fundamentally negroid and arose out of the negro's lack of any medium in which to express himself. His chief emotion was an overwhelming melancholy from which he gained surcease in the stomping revival meetings. Given musical instruments, but no formal instruction in their use, he developed two styles of improvised music-the b…
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