Gordon Stretton, Black British transoceanic jazz pioneer : a new jazz chronicle /

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In charting the life and times of Gordon Stretton, this text makes a major contribution to both jazz and popular music studies. By asking historians to re-evaluate the contributions made to the development of jazz by those 'other than' African Americans, it proposes new jazz histories eman...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Brocken, Michael (Autor), Daniels, Jeff, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Temas:
Stretton, Gordon.
Jazz musicians > Great Britain > Biography.
Drummers (Musicians) > Great Britain > Biography.
Jazz > England > Liverpool > History.
Musicians, Black > Great Britain > Biography.
Musiciens de jazz > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Batteurs (Instrumentistes) > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Musiciens noirs > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
Drummers (Musicians)
Musicians, Black
Jazz
Jazz musicians
England > Liverpool
Great Britain
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • 1. Introduction: "The times are always contained in the rhythm" (attributed to Quincy Jones)
  • 2. Literature
  • Section one: Survival and emergence: From Liverpool to London
  • 3. Survival: The Liverpool of William Masters
  • 4. Emergence: "Gordon Stretton"
  • 5. Identification: London (and Jazz) Calling! Dark Town Jingles, Billy Dorsey, "They did a Marconi test in a plane"
  • 6. Fragments: A summary of Gordon Stretton's career prior to Paris via historical fragments: Advertising, promotional materials, sheet music, recordings
  • Section two: Affirmation: "And so to Paris"
  • 7. Affirmation
  • Section three: Celebration: The Latin American adventure; Brazil and Argentina
  • 8. Celebration! Gordon Stretton and transoceanic jazz
  • 9. Verification: Audiovisuals and a home in Argentina
  • g10. Gordon Stretton and the Anglo Argentine community in Buenos Aires
  • 11. Confirmation: So, what can we learn?
  • Appendix 1: Timelines
  • Appendix 2: Short biographical notes on members of the Jamaican Choral Union
  • Appendix 3: Brief pen pictures of a few musicians who performed with Gordon Stretton
  • Appendix 4: Email received from Guy Revell, Royal Air Force Museum, London
  • Appendix 5: Discography
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the authors.

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