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Jazz a la Creole - French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz (Hardcover)
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Jazz a la Creole - French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz (Hardcover)
Series: American Made Music Series
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During the formative years of jazz (1890-1917), the Creoles of
Color-as they were then called-played a significant role in the
development of jazz as teachers, bandleaders, instrumentalists,
singers, and composers. Indeed, music penetrated all aspects of the
life of this tight-knit community, proud of its French heritage and
language. They played and/or sang classical, military, and dance
music, as well as popular songs and cantiques that incorporated
African, European, and Caribbean elements decades before early jazz
appeared. In Jazz a la Creole: French Creole Music and the Birth of
Jazz, author Caroline Vezina describes the music played by the
Afro-Creole community since the arrival of enslaved Africans in La
Louisiane, then a French colony, at the beginning of the eighteenth
century, emphasizing the many cultural exchanges that led to the
development of jazz. Vezina has compiled and analyzed a broad scope
of primary sources found in diverse locations from New Orleans to
Quebec City, Washington, DC, New York City, and Chicago. Two
previously unpublished interviews add valuable insider knowledge
about the music on French plantations and the danses Creoles held
in Congo Square after the Civil War. Musical and textual analyses
of cantiques provide new information about the process of their
appropriation by the Creole Catholics as the French counterpart of
the Negro spirituals. Finally, a closer look at their musical
practices indicates that the Creoles sang and improvised music
and/or lyrics of Creole songs, and that some were part of their
professional repertoire. As such, they belong to the Black American
and the Franco-American folk music traditions that reflect the rich
cultural heritage of Louisiana.
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