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Circular breathing : the cultural politics of jazz in Britain / George McKay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKay, George, 1960-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jazz--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- Jazz.
- Jazz--Great Britain--History and criticism.
- Improvisation (Music)--History.
- Improvisation (Music).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (377 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An exploration of the political and cultural experience of jazz performers in Britain from the 1950s "traditional jazz boom" on.
- Contents:
- Introduction : jazz, Europe, Americanization
- New Orleans jazz, protest (Aldermaston), and carnival (Beaulieu)
- Whiteness and (British) jazz
- Jazz of the black Atlantic and the Commonwealth
- The politics and performance of improvisation and contemporary jazz in the 1960s and 1970s
- From "male music" to feminist improvising.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-348) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822387282
- 082238728X
- OCLC:
- 226067835
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