That Moaning Saxophone - The Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze

Zusatztext This excellent social history gives general readers and more focused music fans an insightful, well-written, and concise backdrop to the birth of the big band era and the modern popular music industry. Informationen zum Autor Having retired from his post as Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Bruce Vermazen is pursuing his interest in mysic, as both a cornetist and writer. He has published articles on ragtime, early jazz, and the Six Brown Brothers for journal such as Rag Times, Victrola and the 78 and Saxophone Journals. He has also co-produced and written liner notes for multiple ragtime recordings. Klappentext - Filled with lively and detailed descriptions of long-forgotten minstrel shows (contains a sustained discussion of the use of blackface in minstrelsy), circuses, vaudeville presentations, Broadway revues, and other entertainment spectacles of a neglected era Zusammenfassung After its invention in France in 1838, the saxophone, Vermazen argues, was finally brought to the American public by the Six Brown Brothers, one of the most famous musical stage acts of the early 20th century. This title explores how they turned an instrument once derided as the "Siren of Satan", into the crowning symbol of jazz. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Once a Legend 2: Father and Sons: 1858-96 3: Darkest America: 1895-99 4: The Traveling City: 1899-1909 5: Struggling into the Big Time: 1905-11 6: Beating the Competition: 1909-12 7: Primrose and Dockstader's Minstrels:1912-1914 8: All American Vaudeville: 1914 9: Three Years with Montgomery and Stone: 1914-17 10: Jack O'Lantern: 1917-18 11: On the road with Jack : 1918-20 12: Tip Top: 1920-23 1: Something New and Different: 1923-24 1: Between Showings: 1924-27 1: Nothing Left to Do in Show Biz: 1928-88 1: Maria Brown's Quilt Discography; Key to abbreviations:Notes:Index

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Vermazen, Bruce (Former Professor of Philosophy Vermazen, Vermazen Bruce
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2004
• EAN: 9780195165920
• ISBN: 978-0-19-516592-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Jazz, USA, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Woodwinds, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, United States of America, USA, Popular Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Wind Instruments