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Stomp and Swerve The early decades of American popular music--Stephen Foster, Scott Joplin, John Philip Sousa, Enrico Caruso--are, for most listeners, the dark ages. It wasn't until the mid-1920s that the full spectrum of this music--black 1920s age in jazz music popular and white, urban 1920s age in jazz music popular and rural, sophisticated 1920s age in jazz music popular and crude--made it onto records for all to hear. This book brings a forgotten music, hot music, to life by describing how it became the dominant American music--how it outlasted sentimental waltzes 1920s age in jazz music popular and parlor ballads, symphonic marches 1920s age in jazz music popular and Tin Pan Alley novelty numbers--and how it became rock'n' roll. It reveals that the young men 1920s age in jazz music popular and women of that bygone era had the same musical instincts as their descendants Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, 1920s age in jazz music popular and even Ozzy Osbourne. In minstrelsy, ragtime, brass bands, early jazz 1920s age in jazz music popular and blues, fiddle music, 1920s age in jazz music popular and many other forms, there was as much stomping 1920s age in jazz music popular and swerving as can be found in the most exciting performances of hot jazz, funk, 1920s age in jazz music popular and rock. Along the way, it explains how the strange combination of African with Scotch 1920s age in jazz music popular and Irish influences made music in the United States vastly different from other African 1920s age in jazz music popular and Caribbean musics; shares terrific stories about minstrel shows,coon songs, whorehouses, knife fights, 1920s age in jazz music popular and other low-life phenomena; 1920s age in jazz music popular and showcases a motley collection of performers heretofore unknown to all but the most avid musicologists 1920s age in jazz music popular and collectors. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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Negrophilia In the years after the end of the First World War, large numbers of Africans 1920s age in jazz music popular and African Americans emigrated to the cities of Europe in search of work 1920s age in jazz music popular and improved social conditions. Their impact on white European society was immense. In Paris, where the artistic climate was particularly sensitive 1920s age in jazz music popular and experimental, avant-garde artists courted black personalities such as Josephine Baker, Henry Crowder, 1920s age in jazz music popular and Langston Hughes for their sense of style, vitality, 1920s age in jazz music popular and otherness. Leger, Picasso, Brancusi, Man Ray, Giacometti, Sonia Delaunay, 1920s age in jazz music popular and others enthusiastically collected African sculptures 1920s age in jazz music popular and wore tribal jewelry 1920s age in jazz music popular and clothes. More importantly, they adopted black forms in their work, 1920s age in jazz music popular and their style soon influenced a larger audience anxious to be in vogue. A passion for black culture swept through Paris, 1920s age in jazz music popular and by the end of the 1920s, black forms that had provided the initial spark to the modernist vision had become the commercially successful Art Deco style. Negrophilia, from the Frenchnegrophilie--the contemporary term to describe the craze--examines this commingling of black 1920s age in jazz music popular and white cultures in jazz-age Paris. Painting, sculpture, photography, popular music, dance, theater, literature, journalism, furniture design, fashion, 1920s age in jazz music popular and advertising--all are scrutinized to show how black forms were appropriated, adapted, 1920s age in jazz music popular and popularized by white artists. The photographs, writings, 1920s age in jazz music popular and memorabilia of poet Guillaume Apollinaire, art collectors Paul Guillaume 1920s age in jazz music popular and Albert Barnes, shipping heiress 1920s age in jazz music popular and publisher Nancy Cunard, 1920s age in jazz music popular and Surrealists Michel Leiris 1920s age in jazz music popular and Georges Bataille help to recreate the contemporary atmosphere. The book raises questions about the avant-garde's motives, 1920s age in jazz music popular and suggests reasons 1920s age in jazz music popular and meaning for its interest. 115 b/w photographs 1920s age in jazz music popular and illustrations. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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