From Jazz to Swing

African-American Jazz Musicians and Their Music, 1890-1935

By:

Thomas Hennessey

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Jazz: History, Culture, and Criticism Series

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In the 1920s, many black regional jazz bands were recorded and became products of the entertainment industry, which was altering the face of America from the handmade, homemade, homemade society of the ninteenth century to the mass-produced, mass-consumed In the 1920s, many black regional jazz bands were recorded and became products of the entertainment industry, which was altering the face of America from the handmade, homemade, homemade society of the ninteenth century to the mass-produced, mass-consumed technological culture of the twentieth century. Making use of the files of African American newspapers, such as the Chicago Defender, as well as published and archival oral history interviews, Hennessey explores the contradictions that musicians often faced as African Americans, as trained professional musicians, and as the products of differing regional experiences. From Jazz to Swing follows jazz from its beginnings in the regional black musics of the turn of the century in New Orleans, Chicago, New York, and the territories that make up the rest of the country.

Author Biography:

Thomas Hennessey is an associate professor at Fayetteville State University in Fayettevilee, North Carolina. He has published several articles on the history of jazz and has been the host-producer of a weekly jazz radio program for more than a decade.

Release date Australia

September 30th, 1994

Author

Thomas Hennessey

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

228

Series

Jazz: History, Culture, and Criticism Series

Dimensions

152x230x18

ISBN-13

9780814321799

Product ID

7575189

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