Lonesome Roads and Streets of Dreams : Place, Mobility, and Race in Jazz of the 1930s and '40s /

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Any listener knows the power of music to define a place, but few can describe the how or why of this phenomenon. In Lonesome Roads and Streets of Dreams: Place, Mobility, and Race in Jazz of the 1930s and '40s, Andrew Berish attempts to right this wrong, showcasing how American jazz defined a c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Berish, Andrew S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2012]
Temas:
Big band music > Social aspects.
Jazz musicians > Homes and haunts > United States.
Music and race > History > 20th century > United States.
Music and race > United States > History > 20th century.
MUSIC / General.
jazz, america, music, history, venues, concerts, improvisation, nation, identity, performance, race, geography, boundaries, jan garber, duke ellington, bandleader, saxophone, charlie barnet, guitar, christian, segregation, south, north, traveling, jim crow, civil rights, prejudice, catalina island, manhattan, oklahoma city, musicians, big band, casino ballroom, make believe, meadowbrook inn, orchestra, region, place, space, nonfiction, reference.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. I Dream of Her and Avalon: 1930s Sweet Jazz, Race, and Nostalgia at the Casino Ballroom
  • 2. From the "Make Believe Ballroom" to the Meadowbrook Inn: Charlie Barnet and the Promise of the Road
  • 3. A Locomotive Laboratory of Place: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  • 4. Travels with Charlie Christian: Between Region and Nation
  • Conclusion: Air Spaces
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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