Paris blues : African American music and French popular culture, 1920 - 1960 / Andy Fry

Author:: Fry, Andy, 1974-
Published:: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Physical Description:: viii, 282 pages : illustrations, portraits, music ; 23 cm

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Contents:

Introduction -- Rethinking the revue nègre -- Black musical theatre after Josephine Baker -- Jack à l'opéra -- Jazz bands in black and white -- "Du jazz hot à la créole" -- Josephine Baker sings Offenbach -- "That gypsy in France" -- Django Reinhardt's occupation blouze -- Remembrance of jazz past -- Sidney Bechet in France.

Subject(s):

African American jazz musicians—France
African Americans in the performing arts—France—History—20th century
Jazz—France—20th century—History and criticism
Musical theater—France—History—20th century
Musical films—France—History—20th century

ISBN:

9780226138787 (cloth : alk. paper)
022613878X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226138817 (pbk. : alk. paper)
022613881X (pbk. : alk. paper)
022613895X
9780226138954

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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