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...

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1. Verfasser:	Clark, John L. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Albany State University of New York Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:	SUNY Press Jazz Styles Excelsior editions
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1920-1930 Blues Kleinkunst Unterhaltungsindustrie USA
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Zusammenfassung:	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
Beschreibung:	236 Seiten
ISBN:	9781438491547