ISBN:
9781583677858
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9781583677865
Language:
English
Pages:
456 Seiten
Parallel Title:
Online version Horne, Gerald, author Jazz and justice
DDC:
306.484250973
Keywords:
Jazz / Social aspects / United States / History
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Jazz / Political aspects / United States / History
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Music and race / United States / History
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Jazz musicians / United States / Social conditions
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Jazz musicians / United States / Economic conditions
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Jazz
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Volkswirtschaft
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Rassismus
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Ausbeutung
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Jazzmusiker
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USA
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USA
;
Jazzmusiker
;
Jazz
;
Rassismus
;
Ausbeutung
;
Volkswirtschaft
Abstract:
The music we call "jazz" arose in late nineteenth century North America--most likely in New Orleans--based on the musical traditions of Africans, newly freed from slavery. Grounded in the music known as the "blues," which expressed the pain, sufferings, and hopes of Black folk then pulverized by Jim Crow, this new music entered the world via the instruments that had been abandoned by departing military bands after the Civil War. 'Jazz and Justice' examines the economic, social, and political forces that shaped this music into a phenomenal US--and Black American--contribution to global arts and culture. Horne assembles a galvanic story depicting what may have been the era's most virulent economic--and racist--exploitation, as jazz musicians battled organized crime, the Ku Klux Klan, and other variously malignant forces dominating the nightclub scene where jazz became known. Horne pays particular attention to women artists, such as pianist Mary Lou Williams and trombonist Melba Liston, and limns the contributions of musicians with Native American roots
