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Big band jazz in black West Virginia, 1930-1942 / Christopher Wilkinson

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Wilkinson, Christopher, 1946-
Published
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
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Contents
pt. 1. The economic foundation of big band dance music in the Mountain State -- pt. 2. Big bands in black West Virginia, 1929-1935 -- pt. 3. West Virginia in the swing era, 1935-1942.
Summary
The coal fields of West Virginia would seem an unlikely market for big band jazz during the Great Depression. That a prosperous African American audience dominated by those involved with the coal industry was there for jazz tours would seem equally improbable. Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930-1942 shows that, contrary to expectations, black Mountaineers flocked to dances by the hundreds, in many instances traveling considerable distances to hear bands led by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Andy Kirk, Jimmie Lunceford, and Chick Webb, among numerous others. Indeed, as one musician who to.
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9781617031694 (electronic bk.)
1617031690 (electronic bk.)
1283629763
9781283629768
9781617031687
1617031682
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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