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Title

Cuttin' up : how early jazz got America's ear / Court Carney.

Author

Carney, Court

Publication

Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2009.

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Description

x, 219 p. : ill; 24 cm.

Summary

"The emergence of jazz out of New Orleans is part of the American story, but the creation of this music was more than a regional phenomenon: it also crossed geographical, cultural, and technological lines. Court Carney takes a new look at the spread and acceptance of jazz in America, going beyond the familiar accounts of music historians and documentarians to show how jazz paralleled and propelled the broader changes taking place in America's economy, society, politics, and culture." "Cuttin' Up takes readers back to the 1920s and early 1930s to describe how jazz musicians navigated the rocky racial terrain of the music business - and how new media like the phonograph, radio, and film accelerated its diffusion and contributed to variations in its styles. The first history of jazz to emphasize the connections between these disseminating technologies and specific locales, it describes the distinctive styles that developed in four cities and tells how the opportunities of each influenced both musicians' choices and the marketing of their music."--Jacket.

Series Statement

CultureAmerica

Uniform Title

Culture America.

Subject

• Jazz > 1921-1930 > History and criticism
• Dissemination of music > United States > History > 20th century
• Dissemination of music > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and indexes.

Contents

Creation. Ragtime, the blues, and the reorientation of American life ; New Orleans and the creation of early jazz -- Dispersion. Chicago and the recording of jazz in the 1920s ; New York City and the broadcasting of jazz in the 1920s -- Los Angeles and the diffusion of early jazz -- Acceptance. An American music.

ISBN

• 9780700616756 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0700616756 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009024290

OCLC

• 320186021
• SCSB-10229375

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library