When Genres Collide: Down Beat, Rolling Stone, and the Struggle between Jazz and Rock by Matt Brennan

When Genres Collide: Down Beat, Rolling Stone, and the Struggle between Jazz and Rock

Matt Brennan

240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction music informative medium-paced
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In an essay on the future of jazz penned in 1955, Duke Ellington suggested that the new music called rock 'n' roll “is the most raucous form of jazz, beyond a doubt.” So why did jazz and rock become separate genres when they shared so many similar...

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