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Ontario-born jazz pianist Lou Hooper (1894–1977) began his
professional career in Detroit, accompanying blues singers such as
Ma Rainey at the legendary Koppin Theatre. In 1921 he moved to
Harlem, performing alongside Paul Robeson and recording extensively
in and around Tin Pan Alley, before moving to Montreal in the
1930s. Prolific and influential, Hooper was an early teacher of
Oscar Peterson and deeply involved in the jazz community in
Montreal. When the Second World War broke out he joined the
Canadian Armed Forces and entertained the troops in Europe. Near
the end of his life Hooper came to prominence for his exceptional
career and place in the history of jazz, inspiring an autobiography
that was never published. Statesman of the Piano makes this
document widely available for the first time and includes
photographs, concert programs, lyrics, and other documents to
reconstruct his life and times. Historians, archivists, musicians,
and cultural critics provide annotations and commentary, examining
some of the themes that emerge from Hooper’s writing and music.
Statesman of the Piano sparks new conversations about Hooper’s
legacy while shedding light on the cross-border travels and wartime
experiences of Black musicians, the politics of archiving and
curating, and the connections between race and music in the
twentieth century.
Even though they are aware of the Third World in relation to their
daily lives, most Canadians know little about the historical
foundations and complex nature of their country's entanglements
with non-Western societies. Canada and the Third World provides a
long overdue introduction to Canada's historical relationship with
the Third World. The book critically explores this relationship by
asking four central questions: how can we understand the historical
roots of Canada's relations with the Third World? How have
Canadians, individuals and institutions alike, practiced and
imagined development? How can we integrate Canada into global
histories of empire, decolonization, and development? And how
should we understand the relationship between issues such as
poverty, racism, gender equality, and community development in the
First and Third World alike?
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