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Jazz: Music and Background

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2009

David Ayers
David Ayers
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Lecturer in English and American Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NX, England.
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Review Essay
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Journal of American Studies , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , December 1993 , pp. 409 - 415
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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