Chicago Jazz A Cultural History, 1904-1930

"William Howland Kenney is valuable most of all for his understanding of how jazz interacted, sometimes co-operatively, sometimes antagonistically, with a zealous social reform movement and the new social morality that appeared in the interstices of Prohibition and the Volstead Act. Above all, he writes vividly and effectively, marshalling statistical fact and supportive testimony with perceptiveness. Though brief - a recording chronology and notes occupy almost a fifth of the total space - Chicago Jazz remains the definitive account for the foreseeable future."Kenney, William H. is the author of 'Chicago Jazz A Cultural History, 1904-1930', published 1994 under ISBN 9780195092608 and ISBN 0195092600.