Black Music, White Business: Illuminating the History and Political Economy of Jazz by Frank Kofsky

Black Music, White Business: Illuminating the History and Political Economy of Jazz

Frank Kofsky

165 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction music challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Probes the principal contradiction in the jazz world: that between black artistry on the one hand and white ownership of the means of jazz distribution -- the recording companies, booking agencies, festivals, nightclubs, and magazines -- on the ot...

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