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Louis Armstrong and Paul Whiteman - Two Kings of Jazz (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,089
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Louis Armstrong and Paul Whiteman - Two Kings of Jazz (Hardcover, New): Joshua Berrett

Louis Armstrong and Paul Whiteman - Two Kings of Jazz (Hardcover, New)

Joshua Berrett

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A dual biography of two great innovators in the history of jazz. One was black, one was white-one is now legendary, the other nearly forgotten. In Louis Armstrong and Paul Whiteman thejazz scholar Joshua Berrett offers a provocative revision of the history of early jazz by focusing on two of its most notable practitioners-Whiteman, legendary in his day, and Armstrong, a legend ever since. Paul Whiteman's fame was unmatched throughout the twenties. Bix Beiderbecke, Bing Crosby, and Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey honed their craft on his bandstand. Celebrated as the "King of Jazz" in 1930 in a Universal Studios feature film, Whiteman's imperium has declined considerably since. The legend of Louis Armstrong, in contrast, grows ever more lustrous: for decades it has been Armstrong, not Whiteman, who has worn the king's crown. This dual biography explores these diverging legacies in the context of race, commerce, and the history of early jazz. Early jazz, Berrett argues, was not a story of black innovators and white usurpers. In this book, a much richer, more complicated story emerges-a story of cross-influences, sidemen, sundry movers and shakers who were all part of a collective experience that transcended the category of race. In the world of early jazz, Berrett contends, kingdoms had no borders.

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Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2004
First published: October 2004
Authors: Joshua Berrett (Professor of Music, Mercy College)
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 256
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-10384-7
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz
Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz
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LSN: 0-300-10384-0
Barcode: 9780300103847

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