Jazz Diasporas : Race, Music, and Migration in Post-World War II Paris / Rashida K. Braggs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braggs, Rashida K., Author.

Series:

Music of the African diaspora ; 18.

Music of the African Diaspora ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American authors--France--Paris--20th century.

African American authors.

Jazz--France--Paris--History and criticism.

Jazz.

African American musicians--France--Paris--20th century.

African American musicians.

Jazz musicians--France--Paris--20th century.

Jazz musicians.

Paris (France)--Race relations--20th century.

Paris (France).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the close of the Second World War, waves of African American musicians migrated to Paris, eager to thrive in its reinvigorated jazz scene. Jazz Diasporas challenges the notion that Paris was a color-blind paradise for African Americans. On the contrary, musicians adopted a variety of strategies to cope with the cultural and social assumptions that confronted them throughout their careers in Paris, particularly as France became embroiled in struggles over race and identity when colonial conflicts like the Algerian War escalated. Using case studies of prominent musicians and thoughtful analysis of interviews, music, film, and literature, Rashida K. Braggs investigates the impact of this postwar musical migration. She examines key figures including musicians Sidney Bechet, Inez Cavanaugh, and Kenny Clarke and writer and social critic James Baldwin to show how they performed both as artists and as African Americans. Their collaborations with French musicians and critics complicated racial and cultural understandings of who could represent "authentic" jazz and created spaces for shifting racial and national identities-what Braggs terms "jazz diasporas."

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Performing Jazz Diaspora with Sidney Bechet

2. Jazz at Home in France

3. Inez Cavanaugh

4. Boris Vian and James Baldwin in Paris

5. Kenny Clarke's Journey between "Black" and "Universal" Music

Coda

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520963412

0520963415

OCLC:

932625464