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This text is a history of dancing to jazz, from its African origins to the present, ranging from the voodoo dances of 19th-century New Orleans to contemporary TV productions. This account of dancers such as Ida Forsyne, Rufus Greenlee and Teddy Drayton recalls their contributions to the African American struggle for acceptance.

Beginning with the African musical heritage and its fusion with European forms in the New World, Marshall Stearns's history of jazz guides the reader through work songs, spirituls, ragtime, and the blues, to the birth of jazz in New Orleans and its adoption by St Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, and New York. From swing and bop to the early days of rock, this lively book introduces us to the great musicians and singers and examines jazz's cultural effects on American and the world.