Joachim-Ernst Berendt and the postwar legitimation of jazz. Jazz and the divide between serious and entertainment music ; Dance as escape? ; Jazz greetings to and from the East? ; Jazz, race, and colorblindness -- Europeanizing jazz. The blues of German jazz ; Emancipation and t…
Jazz has had a peculiar and fascinating history in Germany. The influential but controversial German writer, broadcaster, and record producer, Joachim-Ernst Berendt (19222000), author of the world's best-selling jazz book, labored to legitimize jazz in West Germany after its ide…
"Jazz has had a peculiar and fascinating history in Germany. The influential but controversial German writer, broadcaster, and record producer Joachim-Ernst Berendt (1922-2000), author of the world's best-selling jazz book, labored to legitimize jazz in West Germany after its id…
"The distinctive sound of the swing-driven guitar style of Django Reinhardt has become almost synonymous with a carefree, bohemian Frenchness to fans all over the world. However, we in the US refer to his music using a telling designation: Django is known here as the father of g…
"The distinctive sound of the swing-driven guitar style of Django Reinhardt has become almost synonymous with a carefree, bohemian Frenchness to fans all over the world. However, we in the US refer to his music using a telling designation: Django is known here as the father of g…
Django Generations shows how relationships between racial identities, jazz, and national belonging become entangled in France. Jazz manouche--a genre known best for its energetic, guitar-centric swing tunes--is among France's most celebrated musical practices of the twentieth an…
How does academic jazz education impact the Black cultural value of soulfulness and esthetic standards in contemporary jazz music? Through candid conversations with nine of the country's most highly respected jazz practitioners and teachers, What Is This Thing Called Soul explor…
Jazz in Poland: improvised freedom
by Pietraszewski, Igor, Pietraszewski, Igor, Stetkiewicz, Lucyna
fromJazz
Jazz in Poland: improvised freedom
by Pietraszewski, Igor, Pietraszewski, Igor
fromJazz
The communist system, even during its waning years, had an ambition of controlling as many aspects of its citizens' lives as possible, economically, politically and culturally. The only domain whereby opposition could be expressed, especially if criticism was carefully veiled by…
