Lonesome Roads and Streets of Dreams - Place, Mobility, and Race in Jazz of the 1930s and ''40s

Zusammenfassung Any listener knows the power of music to define a place! but few can describe the how or why of this phenomenon. This title showcases how American jazz defined a culture particularly preoccupied with place. It analyzes both the performances and cultural context of leading jazz figures! including the many famous venues where they played.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Andrew S. Berish, BERISH ANDREW S, Berish Andrew S.
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.04.2012
• EAN: 9780226044941
• ISBN: 978-0-226-04494-1
• Seiten: 312
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Musik > Musikgeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Jazz, USA, Cultural Studies, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Popular Music, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)