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February 23, 2009
Hazen Schumacher, '50, MA'51, and John Stevens
A Golden Age of Jazz Revisited 1939-1942: Three Pivotal Years of Musical Entertainment, NPP Books, 2008.
The book: This book sets classic jazz music against the backdrop of a changing world. It describes a three-year period, 1939-1942, when jazz was the popular music around the globe. Featuring vivid photographs of original 78 RPM shellac discs as well as many of the artists of the time, the book also includes two CDs with selections played by the outstanding musicians of the era. The book is designed so that readers can listen to the selections—from ballads and blues to boogie-woogie and Dixieland—that are described in the text.
The author: Jazz historian and lecturer Hazen Schumacher held a number of administrative and teaching positions at U-M, including director of broadcasting and media resources, and director of the master's program in telecommunications. For 30 years, he was producer and host of the radio program "Jazz Revisited," which was produced in Ann Arbor and distributed by National Public Radio.
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