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Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music

Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music

Horne, Gerald

Hardcover

General SociologyJazzSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1583677860
ISBN13: 9781583677865
Publisher: Monthly Review Pr
Published: Jun 18 2019
Pages: 512
Weight: 1.54
Height: 1.19 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

A galvanizing history of how jazz and jazz musicians flourished despite rampant cultural exploitation

The music we call jazz arose in late nineteenth century North America--most likely in New Orleans--based on the musical traditions of Africans, newly freed from slavery. Grounded in the music known as the blues, which expressed the pain, sufferings, and hopes of Black folk then pulverized by Jim Crow, this new music entered the world via the instruments that had been abandoned by departing military bands after the Civil War. Jazz and Justice examines the economic, social, and political forces that shaped this music into a phenomenal US--and Black American--contribution to global arts and culture.

Horne assembles a galvanic story depicting what may have been the era's most virulent economic--and racist--exploitation, as jazz musicians battled organized crime, the Ku Klux Klan, and other variously malignant forces dominating the nightclub scene where jazz became known. Horne pays particular attention to women artists, such as pianist Mary Lou Williams and trombonist Melba Liston, and limns the contributions of musicians with Native American roots. This is the story of a beautiful lotus, growing from the filth of the crassest form of human immiseration.

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