Circular Breathing : The Cultural Politics of Jazz in Britain /

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An exploration of the political and cultural experience of jazz performers in Britain from the 1950s "traditional jazz boom" on.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McKay, George, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jazz > sociologiska aspekter.
Musiksociologi > Storbritannien.
Jazz
Improvisation
Gesellschaft
Jazz > Social aspects.
Jazz.
Improvisation (Music)
Improvisation (Musique) > Histoire.
Improvisation (Music) > History.
Jazz > Great Britain > History and criticism.
Jazz > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Grossbritannien
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : jazz, Europe, Americanization
  • New Orleans jazz, protest (Aldermaston), and carnival (Beaulieu)
  • Whiteness and (British) jazz
  • Jazz of the black Atlantic and the Commonwealth
  • The politics and performance of improvisation and contemporary jazz in the 1960s and 1970s
  • From "male music" to feminist improvising.

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