Title: Meanings of jazz in state socialism /
Authors: Pickhan, Gertrud,; Ritter, Rüdiger
Year: 2016
Subjects: Jazz Political aspects Europe, Eastern.; Jazz Political aspects Baltic States.; Jazz Political aspects Germany (East); Jazz Political aspects Russia (Federation); Socialism and music.; Communism and music.
Abstract: During the Cold War, jazz became a cultural weapon that was employed by both sides to advance their interests. This volume explores the history and roles of jazz in Poland, the German Democratic Republic (GDR), Czechoslovakia, Hungary, the Soviet Union, and the Baltic States by means of several case studies. The American administration attempted to destabilize the political systems of the Eastern Bloc countries, while the powers responsible for culture in the Eastern Bloc countries tried to curtail the US propaganda campaign. This resulted in distinct jazz traditions and jazz scenes, each governed by a distinct behavioural codex, as well as official responses in each of the Eastern Bloc countries.--
Contents: Jazz in stat socialism : a playground of refusal? / Rèudiger Ritter -- 1956 : A turning point for the jazz scenes in the GDR and Poland / Christian Schmidt-Rost -- From 'Jazz in Poland' to 'Polish jazz' / Marta Domurat-Linde -- Jazz musicians in post-war Poland / Igor Pietraszewski -- Individualists, traditionalists, revolutionaries, or opportunists? The political and social constellations of jazz in Hungary during the 1950s-1960s / Gergîo Havadi -- The jazz section : disintegration through jazz / Peter Motyécka -- Negotiated spaces : jazz in Moscow after the thaw / Rèudiger Ritter -- "Swing club" and the meaning of jazz in Estonia in the late 1940s / Heli Reimann