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by Wilkinson, Christopher

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The coal fields of West Virginia would seem an unlikely market for big band jazz during the Great Depression. That a prosperous African American audience dominated by those involved with the coal industry was there for jazz tours would seem equally improbable. Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930-1942 shows that, contrary to expectations, black Mountaineers flocked to dances by the hundreds, in many instances traveling considerable distances to hear bands led by Count Basie, Duke Ellingto…

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The coal fields of West Virginia would seem an unlikely market for big band jazz during the Great Depression. That a prosperous African American audience dominated by those involved with the coal industry was there for jazz tours would seem equally improbable. Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930-1942 shows that, contrary to expectations, black Mountaineers flocked to dances by the hundreds, in many instances traveling considerable distances to hear bands led by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Andy Kirk, Jimmie Lunceford, and Chick Webb, among numerous others. Indeed, as one musician who to.

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  • Publication Date:©2012

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  • Description:1 online resource

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  • ISBN:9781617031694, 1617031690
  • oclc:on1097146177
  • LC Classification:ML3508.7.W5
  • Dewey Decimal:781.65089/960730754

Table of Contents

pt. 1. The economic foundation of big band dance music in the Mountain State -- pt. 2. Big bands in black West Virginia, 1929-1935 -- pt. 3. West Virginia in the swing era, 1935-1942.

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African American coal miners -- Social … Criticism, interpretation, etc jazz Jazz -- History and criticism. -- 1931-… MUSIC -- Genres & Styles West Virginia

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Wilkinson, Christopher

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