Where the dark and the light folks meet : race and the mythology, politics, and business of jazz / Randall Sandke.

Author/creator Sandke, Randy
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham : Scarecrow Press, 2010.
Descriptionx, 277 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Jazz--History and criticism.
Jazz--Political aspects. --United States.
Jazz--Social aspects. --United States.
Music and race--United States.

SeriesStudies in jazz ; 60
Studies in jazz ; no. 60. ^A141750
Contents Is jazz about music anymore? -- The activist jazz writers -- Good intentions and bad history -- What gets left out -- The road to radicalism -- Radical ideas and retro music -- The biggest myth of all -- It's strictly business -- Copyrights: accounting without accountability -- Show me the money -- Is everything about race? -- Tomorrow is the question.
Abstract Examines the origins of jazz and argues that African-American musicians were influenced by a variety of traditions in American culture in creating this art form. This book 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 the stricture 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 separatist view has led to decades of misunderstanding surrounding the true history and nature of jazz.
Local noteLittle-356035--305131058372
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 249-258) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Sandke, Randy. Where the dark and the light folks meet. Lanham : Scarecrow Press, 2010
LCCN 2009037977
ISBN9780810866522 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0810866528 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780810869905 (ebook)
ISBN081086990X (ebook)

Availability

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Music Music Stacks ML3508 .S27 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold