Big band jazz in black West Virginia, 1930-1942 /:

The coal fields of West Virginia would seem an unlikely market for big band jazz during the Great Depression. That a prosperous African American audience dominated by those involved with the coal industry was there for jazz tours would seem equally improbable. Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1...

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1. Verfasser: Wilkinson, Christopher, 1946-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2012.
Schriftenreihe:American made music series.
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Zusammenfassung:The coal fields of West Virginia would seem an unlikely market for big band jazz during the Great Depression. That a prosperous African American audience dominated by those involved with the coal industry was there for jazz tours would seem equally improbable. Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930-1942 shows that, contrary to expectations, black Mountaineers flocked to dances by the hundreds, in many instances traveling considerable distances to hear bands led by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Andy Kirk, Jimmie Lunceford, and Chick Webb, among numerous others. Indeed, as one musician who to.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781617031694
1617031690
1283629763
9781283629768

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