Jazz: W. W. Norton StudySpace

Jazz and Ethnicity

Folk Traditions

Blues

Bessie Smith

Eyewitness to History (W. C. Handy)

Popular Music

Minstrelsy

Dance Music

Art Music

Brass Bands

Ragtime

Ragtime Pieces and Scott Joplin

The Path to Jazz: Wilbur Sweatman

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