Jazz in New Orleans : the postwar years through 1970 / Charles Suhor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suhor, Charles.

Contributor:

Rutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies.

Series:

Studies in jazz ; no. 38.

Studies in jazz ; no. 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--Louisiana--New Orleans--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Louisiana--New Orleans.

Physical Description:

xx, 329 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press ; [New Brunswick, N.J.] : Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers--The State University of New Jersey, 2001.

Summary:

Jazz in New Orleans provides accurate information about, and an insightful interpretation of, jazz in New Orleans from the end of World War II through 1970.

Contents:

1 Discovering Myths, Reclaiming the Past 1

Section I. Jazz and the Establishment: From Flouting to Flaunting 17

Timeline Chart 1 Commercial and Cultural Victories for Traditional and Dixieland Jazz 49

2 Jazz and the New Orleans Press 50

3 The New Orleans Jazz Club: From Ragtime to Riches 55

4 Hello, Central, Give Me Doctor Jazz: Edmond Souchon 60

5 The Jazz Museum 64

6 The Jazz Archive at Tulane 68

7 The Stage Band Movement at Loyola

Or, How to Start a Revolution While Really Trying Not To 71

8 Jazzfest 1968: Review 75

9 Jazzfest 1969: Preview 85

10 Jazzfest 1969: Review 91

11 New Orleans Farewell: Louis Armstrong 98

Section II. "Revivals" Beaucoup: Traditional, Dixieland, and Revivalist Jazz 101

Timeline Chart 2 Highlights of the Popular Revival in New Orleans, 1947-1953 159

12 The Dukes of Dixieland: A Jazz Odyssey 160

13 Pete Fountain 165

14 Al Hirt in Perspective 169

15 Armand Hug: The Making of a Legend 173

16 Raymond Burke and Art Hodes in Concert: Review 177

17 Preservation Hall: New Orleans Rebirth 179

18 The Last Rites of a Jazzman: George Lewis 182

19 A Festival for a Funeral? 184

20 New Orleans Jazz

With a Foreign Accent 187

Section III. An Invisible Generation: Early Modern Jazz Artists 192

Timeline Chart 3 Highlights of Early Modern Jazz in New Orleans, 1945-1970 250

21 New Jazz in the Cradle, Part I 251

22 New Jazz in the Cradle, Part II 255

23 The Problems of Modern Jazz in New Orleans 259

24 Jazz Off Bourbon Street 262

25 Buddy Prima Trio: Review 265

26 Modern Jazz Pioneers in New Orleans: A Symposium 267

Appendix 1. The Jazz Scene: Four Cross Sections 291

Appendix 2. Early Modern Jazz Musicians in New Orleans, 1945-1960 305.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-314) and index.

ISBN:

0810839075

OCLC:

44650884