Reimagining Panama''s Musical and Cultural Narratives of Jazz - Panamanian Suite

Panamanian Suite narrates the complex relationship between Panama and the United States by following the development of music in each nation. As an important port of Caribbean migration in the twentieth century, Panama played an essential role in the emergence and shaping of cultural forms such as jazz.

List of contents

Part I: First Movement: Pre-Jazz-The Birth of Imaginaries
Chapter 1: Creating Imaginary Panama Through Music
Chapter 2: The Music of the Panama Canal
Part II: Second Movement: Jazz-Erasing Contributions
Chapter 3: Panamanians in Jazz
Chapter 4: Tambo Jazz and the Golden Era of Jazz in Panama
Part III: Third Movement: Global Jazz-Redressing Actions
Chapter 5: Panama's Redressing Actions
Chapter 6: Global Jazz

About the author

Patricia Zarate de Perez teaches at the Berklee Global Jazz Institute and is professor in the Music Therapy Department at Berklee College of Music.

Summary

Panamanian Suite narrates the complex relationship between Panama and the United States by following the development of music in each nation. As an important port of Caribbean migration in the twentieth century, Panama played an essential role in the emergence and shaping of cultural forms such as jazz.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Zarate de Perez, Patricia Zarate De Perez
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2023
• EAN: 9781793621832
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-183-2
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history; Jazz, Panama, Music, History: specific events & topics, MUSIC / History & Criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, History of Music, Social and cultural anthropology, Music reviews & criticism, Music reviews and criticism