Inside British Jazz: Crossing Borders of Race, Nation and Class

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., Jan 1, 2007 - Music - 157 pages
This book explores specific historical moments in British jazz history and places special emphasis upon issues of race, nation, and class. Topics covered include the reception of jazz in Britain in the 1910s and 1920s, the British New Orleans jazz revival of the 1950s, the free jazz innovations of the Joe Harriott Quintet in the early 1960s, and the formation of the all-black jazz band, the Jazz Warriors, in 1985. Using both historical and ethnographical approaches, Hilary Moore examines the ways in which jazz, an African American music form, has been absorbed and translated within Britain's social, political, and musical landscapes. Moore considers particularly the ways in which music has created a space of expression for British musicians, allowing them to re-imagine their place within Britain's social fabric, to participate in transcontinental communities, and to negotiate a position of belonging within jazz narratives of race, nation, and class.The book also champions the importance of studying jazz beyond the borders of the United States and contributes to a growing body of literature that will enrich mainstream jazz scholarship.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Gendered Rhetorics of Subversion
17
2
29
Nostalgic Imagination
37
3
55
of the 1960s
67
4
89
Jazz Warriors
97
Conclusion
133
Index
151
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Hilary Moore is an independent scholar who has published in jazz, ethnomusicology and music education.

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