Author: Irving SchwerkéPublisher: Priv. print for the author by Les Presses, modernes
ISBN:
Category : Jazz
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Kings Jazz and David
Author: Irving SchwerkéPublisher: Priv. print for the author by Les Presses, modernes
ISBN:
Category : Jazz
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Kings Jazz and David (Jazz Et David, Rois) Preface by Léon Vallas
Author: Irving SchwerkéPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Kings jazz and David : (Jazz et David, Rois) ; Twenty-seven studies on music and modern musicians, of which, the studies on jazz and American composers in French and English, the others in English
Author: Irving SchwerkéKings Jazz and David ("Jazz et David, rois"), by Irving Schwerké. Twenty-seven studies on music and modern musicians... Preface by Léon Vallas
Author: Irving SchwerkéKings jazz and Davis (Jazz et David, Rois)
Author: Irving SchwerkeKing of Jazz
Author: James LaytonPublisher: Media History Digital Library
ISBN: 9780997380101
Category : King of jazz (Motion picture : 1930)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"King of Jazz: Paul Whiteman's Technicolor Revue" tells the story of the making, release, and restoration of Universal s 1930 Technicolor musical extravaganza King of Jazz. Authors James Layton and David Pierce have uncovered original artwork, studio production files, behind-the-scenes photographs, personal papers, unpublished interviews, and a host of other previously unseen documentation. The book offers a richly illustrated narrative of the film's production, with broader context on its diverse musical and theatrical influences. The story concludes with an in-depth look at the challenges Universal overcame in restoring the film in 2016. Additionally, the book's appendix provides a comprehensive guide to all of the film's performers, music, alternate versions, and deleted scenes. "King of Jazz" was one of the most ambitious films ever to emerge from Hollywood. Just as movie musicals were being invented in 1929, Universal Pictures brought together Paul Whiteman, leader of the country s top dance orchestra; John Murray Anderson, director of spectacular Broadway revues; a top ensemble of dancers and singers; early Technicolor; and a near unlimited budget. The film s highlights include a dazzling interpretation of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, which Whiteman had introduced to the public in 1924; Walter Lantz's A Fable in Jazz, the first cartoon in Technicolor; and Anderson's grand finale The Melting Pot of Music, a visualization of popular music's many influences and styles. The film is not only a unique document of Anderson's theatrical vision and Whiteman's band at its peak, but also of several of America s leading performers of the late 1920s, including Bing Crosby in his first screen appearance, and the Russell Markert Dancers, who would soon become Radio City Music Hall's famous Rockettes
The Music Bulletin
Author: Musical West, Music and the Dance
Author: Making Jazz French
Author: Jeffrey H. JacksonPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822385082
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Between the world wars, Paris welcomed not only a number of glamorous American expatriates, including Josephine Baker and F. Scott Fitzgerald, but also a dynamic musical style emerging in the United States: jazz. Roaring through cabarets, music halls, and dance clubs, the upbeat, syncopated rhythms of jazz soon added to the allure of Paris as a center of international nightlife and cutting-edge modern culture. In Making Jazz French, Jeffrey H. Jackson examines not only how and why jazz became so widely performed in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s but also why it was so controversial. Drawing on memoirs, press accounts, and cultural criticism, Jackson uses the history of jazz in Paris to illuminate the challenges confounding French national identity during the interwar years. As he explains, many French people initially regarded jazz as alien because of its associations with America and Africa. Some reveled in its explosive energy and the exoticism of its racial connotations, while others saw it as a dangerous reversal of France’s most cherished notions of "civilization." At the same time, many French musicians, though not threatened by jazz as a musical style, feared their jobs would vanish with the arrival of American performers. By the 1930s, however, a core group of French fans, critics, and musicians had incorporated jazz into the French entertainment tradition. Today it is an integral part of Parisian musical performance. In showing how jazz became French, Jackson reveals some of the ways a musical form created in the United States became an international phenomenon and acquired new meanings unique to the places where it was heard and performed.
Popular Music
Author: Roman IwaschkinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317223446
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
This is a comprehensive guide to popular music literature, first published in 1986. Its main focus is on American and British works, but it includes significant works from other countries, making it truly international in scope.