The Rise Of A Jazz Art World
by Paul Lopes /
2002 / English / PDF
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The origins of jazz were in the barrelhouses of New Orleans and the
speakeasies of Chicago. By the nineteen fifties, a musical
renaissance transformed jazz into a high art form. Paul Lopes shows
how the rise of a jazz art world was a unique movement--a socially
diverse community of musicians, critics, collectors, producers, and
enthusiasts that struggled in various ways against cultural
orthodoxy in America. This accessible, interdisciplinary book will
be of great interest to scholars and students of sociology,
cultural studies, American studies, African-American studies, and
jazz studies.
The origins of jazz were in the barrelhouses of New Orleans and the
speakeasies of Chicago. By the nineteen fifties, a musical
renaissance transformed jazz into a high art form. Paul Lopes shows
how the rise of a jazz art world was a unique movement--a socially
diverse community of musicians, critics, collectors, producers, and
enthusiasts that struggled in various ways against cultural
orthodoxy in America. This accessible, interdisciplinary book will
be of great interest to scholars and students of sociology,
cultural studies, American studies, African-American studies, and
jazz studies.