Central Avenue sounds : jazz in Los Angeles
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Central Avenue sounds : jazz in Los Angeles
University of California Press, c1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-419) and index
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ISBN 9780520211896
内容説明
The musical and social history of Los Angeles's black community from the 1920s through the early 1950s is examined in this oral history collection. Through the voices of musicians who performed on L.A.'s Central Avenue during those years, a picture of the Avenue's place in American musical history emerges. By day, Central Avenue was the economic and social centre for black Angelenos. By night, it was a magnet for Southern Californians, black and white, who wanted to hear the very latest in jazz. The oral histories in this book provide firsthand reminiscences by and about some of the great jazz legends: Art Farmer recalls the first time Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie played bebop on the West Coast; Britt Woodman tells of a teenaged Charles Mingus switching from cello to bass; and Clora Bryant recalls hard times on the road with Billie Holiday. Here too are recollections of Hollywood's effects on local culture, the precedent-setting merger of the black and white musicians' unions, and the repercussions from the racism in the Los Angeles Police Department in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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: pbk. ISBN 9780520220980
内容説明
The musical and social history of Los Angeles's black community from the 1920s through the early 1950s comes to life in this exceptional oral history collection. Through the voices of musicians who performed on L.A.'s Central Avenue during those years, a vivid picture of the Avenue's place in American musical history emerges. By day, Central Avenue was the economic and social center for black Angelenos. By night, it was a magnet for Southern Californians, black and white, who wanted to hear the very latest in jazz. The oral histories in this book provide firsthand reminiscences by and about some of our great jazz legends: Art Farmer recalls the first time Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie played bebop on the West Coast; Britt Woodman tells of a teenaged Charles Mingus switching from cello to bass; Clora Bryant recalls hard times on the road with Billie Holiday. Here, too, are recollections of Hollywood's effects on local culture, the precedent-setting merger of the black and white musicians' unions, and the repercussions from the racism in the Los Angeles Police Department in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Central Avenue Sounds fills a major gap in California's cultural history, and it shows the influence of a community whose role became as significant in the jazz world as that of Harlem and New Orleans. The voices in this book also testify to the power and satisfaction that can come from making music.
目次
Photographs
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Steven Isoardi
Maps of Central Avenue area
Introduction: The Formation of
Los Angeles's Black Community
Part One: The Emergence of Central Avenue
Marshal Royal
Lee Young
Fletcher Smith
Part Two: The Watts Scene
Coney Woodman
William "Brother" Woodman, Jr.
Britt Woodman
Buddy Collette
David Bryant
Cecil "Big Jay" McNeely
Part Three: The Eastside at High Tide
Jack Kelson
William Douglass
Melba Liston
Art Farmer
Horace Tapscott
Part Four: Drawn by Central's Magic- New Faces
Gerald Wiggins
Gerald Wilson
Clora Bryant
William Green
Marl Young
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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