Making Jazz French : Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris /

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"Between the world wars, Paris welcomed not only a number of glamorous American expatriates, including Josephine Baker and F. Scott Fitzgerald, but also a dynamic musical style emerging in the United States: jazz. Roaring through cabarets, music halls, and dance clubs, the upbeat, syncopated rh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jackson, Jeffrey H., 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Paris
Jazz > Social aspects > France > Paris.
Sociale aspecten.
Jazz.
Jazz
Social conditions
Jazz > Social aspects.
French > Ethnic identity.
Français > Identite ethnique.
Jazz > Aspect social > France > Paris.
France > Paris.
Paris (France) > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle
Paris (France) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The arrival of jazz
  • The spread of jazz
  • Jazz and the city of Paris
  • The meanings of jazz : America, negre, and civilization
  • Making jazz familiar : music-halls and the avant-garde
  • Making jazz French : Parisian musicians and jazz fans
  • New bands and new tensions : jazz and the labor problem
  • The discovery of hot jazz
  • Epilogue.

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