Title Paris blues : African American music and French popular culture, 1920-1960 / Andy Fry

Published Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (291 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction -- Rethinking the Revue nègre : black musical theatre after Josephine Baker -- Jack à l'opéra : jazz bands in black and white -- "Du jazz hot à la créole" : Josephine Baker sings Offenbach -- "That gypsy in France" : Django Reinhardt's occupation blouze -- Remembrance of jazz past : Sidney Bechet in France Summary The Jazz Age. The phrase conjures images of Louis Armstrong holding court at the Sunset Cafe in Chicago, Duke Ellington dazzling crowds at the Cotton Club in Harlem, and star singers like Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey. But the Jazz Age was every bit as much of a Paris phenomenon as it was a Chicago and New York scene. In Paris Blues, Andy Fry provides an alternative history of African American music and musicians in France, one that looks beyond familiar personalities and well-rehearsed stories. He pinpoints key issues of race and nation in France's complicated jazz history from the 1920s through the 1950s. While he deals with many of the traditional icons such as Josephine Baker, Django Reinhardt, and Sidney Bechet, among others what he asks is how they came to be so iconic, and what their stories hide as well as what they preserve. Fry focuses throughout on early jazz and swing but includes its re-creation reinvention in the 1950s. Along the way, he pays tribute to forgotten traditions such as black musical theater, white show bands, and French wartime swing. Paris Blues provides a nuanced account of the French reception of African Americans and their music and contributes greatly to a growing literature on jazz, race, and nation in France.-- Provided by Publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject African American jazz musicians -- France African Americans in the performing arts -- France -- History -- 20th century Jazz -- France -- 20th century -- History and criticism Musical theater -- France -- History -- 20th century Musical films -- France -- History -- 20th century PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General. African American jazz musicians African Americans in the performing arts Jazz Musical films Musical theater Jazz Afroamerikanische Musik Rezeption Afroamerikansk musik -- historia. Jazz -- historia. Jazzmusiker. France Frankreich Frankrike. Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780226138954 022613895X

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