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Swing under the Nazis : jazz as a metaphor for freedom

Title
Swing under the Nazis : jazz as a metaphor for freedom / Mike Zwerin.
Author
Zwerin, Michael.
Publication
New York : Cooper Square Press, 2000.

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Description
197 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  • "For a brief time in a Europe threatened and then occupied by Nazi Germany, jazz was heard as ubiquitously as rock 'n' roll is today. In a personal search for the story of that time, Mike Zwerin spent two years traveling across Europe talking with those singular and unlikely individuals who performed and enjoyed jazz in Hitler's dark shadow.
  • They included the Ghetto Swingers, a Jewish jazz band that "toured" Auschwitz and Theresienstadt; the Luftwaffe pilot who listened to Glenn Miller while bombing London; the Berlin swing gangs and Zazous (Parisian jazz enthusiasts) who risked persecution and imprisonment for the opportunity to dance openly to prohibited swing records; Django Reinhardt, the brilliant guitarist who refused to flee Nazi-controlled France; and many others." "Swing Under the Nazis also explores Zwerin's confrontation with a past that still has claims on the present as he recalls his own encounters with contemporary oppression - most notably a concert tour through apartheid-controlled South Africa with his multiracial jazz group."--Jacket.
Uniform Title
Tristesse de Saint Louis
Alternative Title
Tristesse de Saint Louis
Subject
  • 1931-1950
  • Jazz > Europe > 1931-1940 > History and criticism
  • Jazz > Europe > 1941-1950 > History and criticism
  • Swing (Music) > Europe > History and criticism
  • Nazis
  • Jazz
  • Swing (Music)
  • Europe
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Note
  • Originally published: La tristesse de Saint Louis : swing under the Nazis. London ; New York : Quartet Books, 1985. With new pref. and introd.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 191) and index.
Contents
1. Third Reich in 4/4 Time 3 -- 2. Snarls 5 -- 3. Ghetto Swingers 17 -- 4. Doctor Jazz 31 -- 5. Rosebud 43 -- 6. Ruins, Arrests, Martial Law, Fear, Uprisings, Assassination, Occupation and Death 61 -- 7. Unblest Historicity 75 -- 8. Baldauf 85 -- 9. Bad Connection 93 -- 10. Occupation Blues 101 -- 11. Django, Maccaferri and Paul 105 -- 12. Guitar with a Human Voice 109 -- 13. Bottomless Bottom 123 -- 14. Out of the Game 135 -- 15. I Just Made It Up 139 -- 16. La Tristesse de Saint Louis 145 -- 17. Zazou Hey! 147 -- 18. Bete Noire 163 -- 19. My Blue Heaven 173 -- 20. Angels Sing 181.
Call Number
JME 16-410
ISBN
  • 0815410751
  • 9780815410751
LCCN
00043091
OCLC
44313406
Author
Zwerin, Michael.
Title
Swing under the Nazis : jazz as a metaphor for freedom / Mike Zwerin.
Imprint
New York : Cooper Square Press, 2000.
Edition
1st Cooper Square Press ed.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 191) and index.
Chronological Term
1931-1950
Other Form:
Online version: Zwerin, Michael. Tristesse de Saint Louis. Swing under the Nazis. 1st Cooper Square Press ed. New York : Cooper Square Press, 2000 (OCoLC)639760770
Research Call Number
JME 16-410
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