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Jazz Dance: The Story Of American Vernacular Dance (Paperback)

by Marshall Stearns (Author), Jean Stearns (Author) "IN THE EARLY 1950's, during the first years of a summer resort in the Berkshire Mountains called Music Inn. we tried an experiment..." (more)
Key Phrases: straight acrobatics, eccentric dancing, vernacular dance, New York, Bill Robinson, Pete Nugent (more...)
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The Story of American Vernacular Dance


About the Author
The late Marshall Stearns was author of The Story of Jazz, and was the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival and Institute of Jazz Studies. He was also a professor of English at Hunger College in New York and a medieval literature scholar. He died in 1966 while completing his book Jazz Dance co-authored by his wife Jean. Jean Stearns, is an authority on jazz and assisted her late husband Marshall in researching and writing Jazz Dance.
Product Details
  • Paperback: 508 pages
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press; 2nd edition (March 21, 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0306805537
  • ISBN-13: 978-0306805530
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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