An incisive analysis of jazz music and its relationship to the arts in general between 1920 and 1950 looks at the musical contributions of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Fats Waller, and Charlie Parker in light of their influence on the work of Picasso, Joyce, Hemingway, Brancusi, Stravinsky, and other icons of twentieth-century art. 12,500 first printing.Provides an analysis of jazz music and its relationship to the arts in general between 1920 and 1950.
