Gerhard Kubik

Jazz Transatlantic, Volume I

The African Undercurrent in Twentieth-Century Jazz Culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Takes the reader across the Atlantic from Africa to the Americas and then back in pursuit of the music we call jazz. This first volume explores the term itself and how jazz has been defined and redefined. It also celebrates the phenomena of jazz performance and uncovers hidden gems of jazz history.

Produktdetails

• American Made Music Series
• Verlag: University Press of Mississippi
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 706g
• ISBN-13: 9781496825681
• ISBN-10: 1496825683
• Artikelnr.: 56714260

Autorenporträt

Gerhard Kubik is one of the best-known scholars in the field of ethnomusicology and author of numerous books over a lengthy career. A cultural anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, and psychoanalyst, Kubik researches music, dance, and oral traditions in Africa and the Americas. He is author of Africa and the Blues and Jazz Transatlantic, Volume II: Jazz Derivatives and Developments in Twentieth-Century Africa, both published by University Press of Mississippi.