Paris Blues [electronic resource] : African American Music and French Popular Culture, 1920-1960
Fry, Andy.
The Jazz Age. The phrase conjures images of Louis Armstrong holding court at the Sunset Cafe in Chicago, Duke Ellington dazzling crowds at the Cotton Club in Harlem, and star singers like Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey. But the Jazz Age was every bit as much of a Paris phenomenon as it was a Chicago and New York scene. In Paris Blues, Andy Fry provides an alternative history of African American music and musicians in France, one that looks beyond familiar personalities and well-rehearsed stories. He pinpoints key issues of race and nation in France's complicated jazz history from the 1920s through
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Rethinking the Revue Nègre - Black Musical Theatre after Josephine Baker; 2. Jack À l'Opéra - Jazz Bands in Black and White; 3. ""Du Jazz Hot À La Créole"" - Josephine Baker Sings Offenbach; 4. ""That Gypsy in France"" - Django Reinhardt's Occupation Blouze; 5. Remembrance of Jazz Past - Sidney Bechet in France; Epilogue; Index
The Jazz Age. The phrase conjures images of Louis Armstrong holding court at the Sunset Cafe in Chicago, Duke Ellington dazzling crowds at the Cotton Club in Harlem, and star singers like Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey. But the Jazz Age was every bit as much of a Paris phenomenon as it was a Chicago and New York scene. In Paris Blues, Andy Fry provides an alternative history of African American music and musicians in France, one that looks beyond familiar personalities and well-rehearsed stories. He pinpoints key issues of race and nation in France's complicated jazz history from the 1920s through
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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African American jazz musicians -- France.
Jazz -- France -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Musical films -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Musical theater -- France -- History -- 20th century.
African American jazz musicians
African Americans in the performing arts
Jazz
Musical theater
Musical films
Music
Music, Dance, Drama & Film
Music History & Criticism, Popular - Jazz, Rock, etc.