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Informationen zum Autor Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje is Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of California! Los Angeles. She is the author of numerous monographs and articles on African and African American music and is editor of volumes 1 and 2 of African Musicology: Current Trends (1989! 1992). Eddie S. Meadows is Professor of Music at San Diego State University and the author of several jazz reference books! including Jazz Research and Performance Materials: A Selected Annotated Bibliography (1995). Klappentext "Documented with great care and affection! this book is filled with revelations about the intermingling of peoples! styles of music! business interests! night-life pleasures! and the strange ways lived experience shaped black music as America's music in California." -Charles Keil! co-author of Music Grooves Zusammenfassung Focusing on blues, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, and soul music, this text explores the rich musical heritage of African Americans in California. The contributors describe individual artists, lacales, groups, musical styles and regional qualities. Inhaltsverzeichnis LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, CHARTS, AND TABLES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION Jacqueline Cogdell Dje!Jje and Eddie S. Meadows I MUSIC IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT 1. Way out West on Central: Jazz in the African-American Community of Los Angeles before 1930 Michael B. Bakan 2. "Pitchin' up a Boogie": African-American Musicians, Nightlife, and Music Venues in Los Angeles, 1930-1945 Ralph Eastman 3· Oakland Blues Part 1. Essay Lee Hildebrand Part 2. A Conversation with Bob Geddins James C. Moore Sr. 4· The California Black Gospel Music Tradition: A Confluence of Musical Styles and Cultures Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje II MUSIC AND THE MEDIA 5· Insider Perspectives on the American Afrikan Popular Music Industry and Black Radio Kwaku Person-Lynn Part 1: The Popular Music Industry: An Interview withAl Bell Part 2: Black Radio in Los Angeles, 1980-1987:An Interview with Pam Robinson 6. California Rhythm and Blues Recordings, 1942-1972: A Diversity of Styles Willie R. Collins 7· Mrican Americans and "Lites Out Jazz" in San Diego:Marketing, Impact, and Criticism Eddie S. Meadows III THE MUSICIAN AS INNOVATOR 8. Clara Bryant: Gender Issues in the Career of a West Coast Jazz Musician Danica L. Stein 9. The Gospel of Andrae Crouch: A Black Angeleno Jean Kzdula 10. Brenda Holloway: Los Angeles's Contribution to Motown Kimasi L. Browne APPENDIX: SOURCE MATERIALS AND GUIDE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC,MUSICIANS, AND CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA David Martinelli PART 1. SOURCE MATERIALS PART 2. GUIDE TO SOURCE MATERIALS CONTRIBUTORS INDEX ...
