Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet
Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Music Styles, Jazz & Blues, Jazz, Theory & Criticism, History & Criticism
| Author: | Randall Sandke | ISBN: | 9780810869905 |
| Publisher: | Scarecrow Press | Publication: | January 25, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Scarecrow Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Randall Sandke |
| ISBN: | 9780810869905 |
| Publisher: | Scarecrow Press |
| Publication: | January 25, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Scarecrow Press |
| Language: | English |
Sandke tackles the stubborn and controversial question of whether jazz is the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination; or whether it is more properly understood as the juncture of a wide variety of influences under the broader umbrella of American culture. This book takes the latter course and shows how the widely accepted exclusionary view has led to decades of misunderstanding surrounding the true history and nature of jazz.
Sandke tackles the stubborn and controversial question of whether jazz is the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination; or whether it is more properly understood as the juncture of a wide variety of influences under the broader umbrella of American culture. This book takes the latter course and shows how the widely accepted exclusionary view has led to decades of misunderstanding surrounding the true history and nature of jazz.
