Remixing European jazz culture / Kristin McGee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGee, Kristin A., author.

Series:

Transnational studies in jazz

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--Europe--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Jazz--Social aspects--Europe.

Jazz--Social aspects.

Europe.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiv, 257 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"Remixing European Jazz Culture examines a European jazz culture that emerged during the mid-1990's in cosmopolitan cities like Amsterdam and Berlin. Since then, internationally recognized jazz styles have developed. This book examines three phenomena that supported the turn of European jazz in the 21st century: 1) the influence and integration of the aesthetics of popular music such as hip hop and EDM, 2) the role of electronic and digital technologies in performance, recording and distribution, and 3) the expanding international networks of contemporary jazz performance, promotion, and reception due to globalization, transnational tourism, and migration. This book reveals how the transformation of national cultural identities are tied to contemporary processes within jazz cultures, such as aesthetic flow, cultural migration, digital mediation and the increasing disintegration of artistic boundaries (high, low, acoustic, digital, classical and popular). In addition to illuminating the creative output of current groups, the book addresses why such forms of eclectic, mixed-mediated, hybrid jazz are frequently ignored by jazz scholars when this music greatly expanded the plane of jazz's continued prosperity, popularity and revitalization in the 21st century. Through case studies ranging from jazz performers to jazz media or performance contexts, the book examines the impact of particular locales for the emergence of jazz-centered networks in various cities, including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Berlin, London and Oslo. It also uncovers the dominant role of New York as the jazz center, in guiding criteria for jazz prestige within contemporary local, national and international circuits. Finally, it examines how the entire project of remixing European jazz culture has stimulated a merging of jazz's past and present"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Jazz in Post-War Europe: From Free Collectives to Electronic Jazz p. 21

2 Wicked Jazz Sounds and Blue Note Trips: Dance Tourists and Musical Migrants in Amsterdam's Crossover Jazz Scene p. 35

3 DJs and PLOs in Berlin's Electronic Jazz Scene: The Hybrid Production Aesthetics of Jazzanova p. 61

4 Oslo's Jazzland Recordings: Finding Home in a New Conception of Jazz p. 89

5 Part One: The 'Revival of the Revival' or a Swing Dance Continuum? Mediascapes, Time Machines, and Intercultural Encounters at the Herring Dance Camp p. 118

5 Part Two: Jazz Records, Dance Media, and Survival Technologies within Herring's Professional Jazz Dance Network p. 144

6 Part One: Configuring Crisis and Sampling Swing in Vintage Festivals and Electro Swing p. 171

6 Part Two: (Re)Generating the Jazz Past in the Vintage Remix of Caravan Palace and Caro Emerald p. 198.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: McGee, Kristin A., Remixing European jazz culture

ISBN:

9781138585485

1138585483

9781138585492

1138585491

OCLC:

1117629105