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Harlem in Montmartre : a Paris jazz story between the great wars
- Title
- Harlem in Montmartre : a Paris jazz story between the great wars / William A. Shack.
- Author
- Shack, William A.
- Publication
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2001]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | ML3509.F7 S53 2001 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xix, 191 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Illuminates the expatriate African American community of jazz musicians that thrived in the Montmartre district of Paris in the '20s and '30s and helped turn the "city of lights" into the major jazz capital it remains today.
- Series Statement
- Music of the African diaspora ; 4
- Uniform Title
- Music of the African diaspora ; 4.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Note
- נושא ישן: African American musicians - France - Paris.
- "George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies."
- Rare Book copy: In original dust jacket
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-172) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Making noise and stomping feet -- 2. Jazz from the trenches -- 3. Le jazz-hot : the roaring twenties -- 4. Jim Crow : sans domicile fixe -- 5. The golden age : the thirties -- 6. Le jazz-cold : the silent forties -- 7. Final notes : the liberation of jazz.
- ISBN
- 0520225376
- 9780520225374
- LCCN
- 00047946
- OCLC
- ocm45023134
- 45023134
- SCSB-9093256
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries