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Blues on stage : the blues entertainment industry in the 1920s
- Title
- Blues on stage : the blues entertainment industry in the 1920s / John L. Clark Jr.
- Author
- Clark, John L., Jr.
- Publication
- Albany, NY : Excelsior Editions, an imprint of State University of New York Press, [2023]
- ©2023
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Details
- Description
- v, 236 pages : illustrations, music; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Blues on Stage presents a new history of the development of the "Classic Blues" of the 1920s, offering a comprehensive review of various Black singers who recorded and were influential in this era, including Bessie Smith, Trixie Smith, Butterbeans and Susie, and Ma Rainey. The business of music recording and publishing, including songwriting and touring theater circuits, is explored as part of the narrative of how and when these artists became nationally popular. The most highly regarded singers of this period were not folk or rural artists, but rather highly experienced stage professionals whose careers often extended two decades or more prior to their first recordings. These artists, some of the most famous acts on the Black vaudeville and tent show circuits, were preceded in the recording studio by many cabaret and nightclub singers with a different entertainment perspective and were followed by artists who came from a more rural, less professional background. For anyone interested in the roots of jazz and blues, Blues on Stage offers a new and comprehensive introduction to the development of this American musical style." --
- Series Statement
- SUNY press Jazz styles
- Alternative Title
- Blues entertainment industry in the nineteen-twenties
- Subject
- To 1931
- Blues (Music) > To 1931 > History and criticism
- African Americans > Music > History and criticism
- African American women singers
- African American singers
- Sound recording industry > United States > History
- Music and race > United States > History
- African Americans > Music
- Blues (Music)
- Music and race
- Sound recording industry
- African Americans
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and indexes.
- Contents
- Beginnings : The rise of the Black entertainment industry -- "Yonder come the blues" -- "Crazy blues" : Cabaret blues -- "Lost your head blues" : Vaudeville blues -- "It's tight like that" : Downhome blues -- The end of the era.
- Call Number
- Sc E 23-632
- ISBN
- 9781438491547
- 1438491549
- 9781438491554
- 1438491557
- 9781438491561 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2022021049
- OCLC
- 1313668226
- Author
- Clark, John L., Jr., author.
- Title
- Blues on stage : the blues entertainment industry in the 1920s / John L. Clark Jr.
- Publisher
- Albany, NY : Excelsior Editions, an imprint of State University of New York Press, [2023]
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- SUNY press Jazz styles
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and indexes.
- Chronological Term
- To 1931
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 23-632