Black Bottom Stomp: Eight Masters of Ragtime and Early Jazz

Black Bottom Stomp tells the compelling stories of the lives and times of nine seminal figures in American music history, including Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, and Jelly Roll Morton.

Author: David a. Jasen, Gene Jones
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09/21/2001
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.24w x 0.99d
ISBN: 9780415936415

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 11/15/2001 pg. 536
Choice 05/01/2002 pg. 1595

About the Author

Dave Jasen is a world-renowned authority on ragtime and popular song. A Professor of Communications at C.W. Post College, he is the author of numerous books, including Rags and Ragtime (with Trebor J. Tichenor) and Tin PanAlley . Gene Jones is an actor and ragtime historian. Jansen and Jones togetehr have written two previous books, Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black PopularSongwriters 1880-1930 , a winner of the ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award for best music book, and That American Rag: The Story of Ragtime from Coast to Coast .