For anyone interested in the origins of jazz I recommend the book Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development by Schuller. It covers mostly 1920-1930 and a bit of its origins is west Africa.
I'll check it out. Thanks. Also worthy of mention is Gioia's history of jazz. And I haven't read it, but his How to listen to jazz is highly regarded and considered to be not quite so encyclopedic.
analog31|1 year ago