Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy : Gennett Records and the rise of America's musical grassroots / Rick Kennedy ; foreword by Ted Gioia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Rick, 1956-

Contributor:

Gioia, Ted.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sound recording industry--United States.

Sound recording industry.

Jazz--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Starr Piano Company. Gennett Record Division.

Starr Piano Company.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

Rev. and expanded ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a piano factory tucked away in Richmond, Indiana, Gennett Records produced thousands of records featuring obscure musicians from hotel orchestras and backwoods fiddlers to the future icons of jazz, blues, country music, and rock 'n' roll. From 1916 to 1934, the company debuted such future stars as Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Bix Beiderbecke, and Hoagy Carmichael, while also capturing classic performances by Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, Uncle Dave Macon, and Gene Autry. While Gennett Records was overshadowed by competitors such as Victor and

Contents:

A music dynasty in Victorian Indiana?

A new wind is blowing through Chicago

Jazz hysteria in the Hoosier state?

Old-time music in the new electronic era

When Gennett Records gets the blues

Yet the music lives on

Suggested listening : fifty classics by Gennett Records.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.

ISBN:

9781283851596

1283851598

9780253007698

0253007690

OCLC:

832343713