Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet - Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz

Sandke tackles the stubborn and controversial question of whether jazz is the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination; or whether it is more properly understood as the juncture of a wide variety of influences under the broader umbrella of American culture. This book takes the latter course and shows how the widely accepted exclusionary view has led to decades of misunderstanding surrounding the true history and nature of jazz.

Info autore

Randall Sandke has been a professional jazz musician for over 30 years. He is the author of Harmony for a New Millennium: An Introduction to Metatonal Music (2002) and has contributed to The Oxford Companion To Jazz and the Annual Review of Jazz Studies (2000).

Riassunto

Sandke tackles the stubborn and controversial question of whether jazz is the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination; or whether it is more properly understood as the juncture of a variety of influences under the broader umbrella of American culture.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Randall Sandke, Sandke Randall
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2014
• EAN: 9781442243545
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4354-5
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Studies in Jazz; Studies in Jazz (Numbered); Studies in Jazz; Studies in Jazz (Numbered)
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Jazz, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, Popular Music