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Zusatztext Only the fourth book in the "Oxford Studies in Recorded Jazz" series, Tackley's work joins the previous three entries as a distinguished contribution to the literature ... there should be a broad audience for this volume ... Highly recommended. All readers. Informationen zum Autor Catherine Tackley is Senior Lecturer in Music at The Open University, UK. Her first book, The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 1880-1935, was published in 2005. In 2006-7 Catherine was Visiting Edison Fellow at the British Library National Sound Archive, and in 2009-11 was co-investigator on the AHRC-funded project 'What is Black British Jazz?' She is a co-editor of the Jazz Research Journal (Equinox). Catherine is currently Director of Dr Jazz and the Cheshire Cats Big Band. Klappentext In Benny Goodman's famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, Catherine Tackley provides the first in depth, scholarly study of this seminal concert and recording. Through discussions of the cultural context, the performance itself, and its reception and response, Tackley shows why Goodman's 1938 concert remains one of the most significant events in American music history. Zusammenfassung In Benny Goodman's famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, Catherine Tackley provides the first in depth, scholarly study of this seminal concert and recording. Through discussions of the cultural context, the performance itself, and its reception and response, Tackley shows why Goodman's 1938 concert remains one of the most significant events in American music history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Preface Part 1 - Context Precedents Promotion Program Part 2 - Performance The Orchestra Twenty Years of Jazz Jam Session Trio/Quartet Conclusion Part 3 - Representation Repercussions Recording Reception Recreation Appendix 1 - Carnegie Hall Program Appendix 2 - Members of the Orchestra Notes References Discography ...
