DC jazz : stories of jazz music in Washington, DC / Maurice Jackson and Blair A. Ruble, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Joseph B. Glossberg Fund.

Jackson, Maurice, 1950- editor.

Ruble, Blair A., 1949- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz musicians.

Washington (D.C.).

Jazz--Washington (D.C.)--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Jazz musicians--Washington (D.C.).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xviii, 198 pages ; 27 cm

Other Title:

District of Columbia jazz

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2018]

Summary:

The conventional history of jazz music in the United States begins in New Orleans, moves upstream along the Mississippi River to Chicago, then by rail into New York before exploding across the globe. But in fact the nation's capital has been a fertile city for jazz for a century. Some of the most important clubs in the jazz world have opened and closed their doors in Washington, DC; some of its greatest players and promoters were born there and continue to reside in the area; and some of the local institutions so critical to supporting this uniquely American form of music--including Congress and the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress and the Historical Society of Washington, DC--remain vigorous advocates. Edited by noted historians Maurice Jackson and Blair Ruble, this book is a collection of original and fascinating stories about the DC jazz scene, from the cultural hotbed of Seventh and U Streets to the role of jazz in desegregating the city to the great Edward "Duke" Ellington to women in jazz to seminal contributions of the University of District of Columbia and Howard University. The book also includes three poems by Washington, DC poet E. Ethelbert Miller. A copublishing initiative with the Historical Society of Washington, DC, the book includes over thirty museum-quality photographs and a guide to resources for learning more about Washington, DC jazz.

Contents:

"Great Black Music" and the Struggle for Equality in Washington, DC / Maurice Jackson

Seventh Street : Black DC's Musical Mecca / Blair A. Ruble

Washington, DC's Duke Ellington / John Edward Hasse

Bill Brower : Notes from a Key Observer and Scene Maker / Interview by Willard Jenkins

Jazz Radio in Washington, DC / Rusty Hassan

Legislating Jazz / Anna Harwell Celenza

Women and Jazz in Washington, DC / Bridget Arnwine

Howard University and Jazz in Washington, DC / Lauren Sinclair

UDC and Jazz / Judith A. Korey

Researching Jazz History in Washington, DC / Michael Fitzgerald.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Joseph B. Glossberg Fund.

ISBN:

9781626165892

1626165890

9781626165908

1626165904

OCLC:

1010546801

Publisher Number:

99976985960