The New Orleans Jazz Scene, 1970-2000 : A Personal Retrospective / Thomas W. Jacobsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobsen, T. W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz musicians--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Jazz musicians.

Jazz--Louisiana--New Orleans--1991-2000--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Jazz--Louisiana--New Orleans--1981-1990--History and criticism.

Jazz--Louisiana--New Orleans--1971-1980--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Baton Rouge, Louisiana] : Louisiana State University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1966, journalist Charles Suhor wrote that New Orleans jazz was ""ready for its new Golden Age."" Thomas W. Jacobsen''s The New Orleans Jazz Scene, 1970-2000 chronicles the resurgence of jazz music in the Crescent City in the years following Suhor''s prophetic claim. Jacobsen, a New Orleans resident and longtime jazz aficionado, offers a wide-ranging history of the New Orleans jazz renaissance in the last three decades of the twentieth century, weaving local musical developments into the larger context of the national jazz scene.Jacobsen vividly evokes the changing face of the New Orleans jazz

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 PROLOGUE: The 1960's; 2 JAZZ IS BACK: The 1970's; 3 NEW ORLEANS EXPOSED TO THE WORLD: The 1980's; 4 A "GOLDEN AGE"" FOR TRADITIONAL JAZZ?: The 1990's; 5 EPILOGUE: Some Final Thoughts; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;

Notes:

"Published with the assistance of the Borne Fund."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780807156995

080715699X

OCLC:

889813442