Affirmation and resistance
Subtitle: the politics of the jazz life in the self-narratives of Louis Armstrong, Art Pepper, and Oscar Peterson
By: Alexander J. Beissenhirtz
Series: Geist und Wissen -- Bd. 15; Geist und Wissen -- Bd. 15.
Publisher: Ludwig
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Kiel
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9783869351469
Subjects: Jazz; Social aspects; Political aspects; Jazz musicians
Notes: Thesis (doctoral)--Freie Universität, Berlin.

Includes bibliographical references and discography (p. [284]-297)
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Conceptualizing jazz self-narratives; title: The meaning of the jazz life; title: Affirmation and resistance : the politics of jazz discourse; title: Louis Armstrong's Swing that music and Satchmo : my life in New Orleans; title: Art Pepper's Straight life; title: Oscar Peterson's Jazz odyssey; title: Summary and concluding remarks.