Louis Armstrong & Paul Whiteman : two kings of jazz
Jazz musicians Armstrong, Louis, Whiteman, Paul, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY MUSIC sähkökirjat
Yale University Press
2004
EISBN 9780300127478
Beginnings.
Civilization on trial.
Some liked it hot.
Uneasy lies the head.
Shared memory.
Out chorus.
Joshua Berrett offers a revision of the history of early jazz focusing on two legendary performers. Through this dual biography he explores the influence that issues of race & commercialism have had on our perceptions of early jazz history & how these have distorted what was a collective experience.
Civilization on trial.
Some liked it hot.
Uneasy lies the head.
Shared memory.
Out chorus.
Joshua Berrett offers a revision of the history of early jazz focusing on two legendary performers. Through this dual biography he explores the influence that issues of race & commercialism have had on our perceptions of early jazz history & how these have distorted what was a collective experience.
