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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828174503321

Autore

Berresford Mark

Titolo

That's got 'em! : the life and music of Wilbur C. Sweatman / / Mark Berresford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2010

ISBN

1-282-48490-7

9786612484902

1-60473-371-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 230 pages) : illustrations

Collana

American made music series

Disciplina

781.65092

Soggetti

Clarinetists - United States

African American jazz musicians

Jazz - History and criticism

Vaudeville - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes list of known compositions by Sweatman.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.

Nota di contenuto

In defense of Wilbur Sweatman : a response to his critics -- Missouri childhood -- "Pickaninnies," Ernest Hogan, and a world tour -- Circus and minstrelsy : touring life with Cornet Kings P.G. Lowery and W.C. Handy -- The anchorage for the world's marvels : the Minneapolis years -- Chicago and an entertainment revolution -- The original and much-imitated ragtime clarinetist -- Ev'rybody's crazy 'bout the doggone blues -- Rainy day blues -- The ragtime dinosaur -- The daddy of the clarinet -- The silent years.

Sommario/riassunto

Wilbur C. Sweatman (1882-1961) is one of the most important, yet unheralded, African. American musicians involved in the transition of ragtime into jazz in the early twentieth. century. In That's Got 'Em! , Mark Berresford tracks this energetic pioneer over a. seven-decade career. His talent transformed every genre of black music before the. advent of rock and roll?""pickaninny"" bands, minstrelsy, circus sideshows, vaudeville. (both black and white), night clubs, and cabarets. Sweatman was the first African. American musician to be offered a long-term recording contract, and he dazzled. liste