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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970414103321

Autore

Swenson John

Titolo

New Atlantis : musicians battle for the survival of New Orleans / / John Swenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-978145-1

1-283-13431-4

0-19-977958-9

9786613134318

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

vii, 284 p. : ill

Disciplina

780.9763/35

Soggetti

Music - Political aspects - Louisiana - New Orleans

Music - Social aspects - Louisiana - New Orleans

Musicians - Louisiana - New Orleans

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Voice of the wetlands -- African Americans and Indians -- The Constantinople of the New World -- Sad night in Jackson Square -- Return of the spirits -- Let it go -- Don't let them wash us away -- Reality check -- Don't take my picture -- Musicians strike back at violence -- I am New Orleans -- Shorty on the block -- The Armstrong legacy -- Cold in the trailer -- If I can help somebody -- Baghdad on the Mississippi -- Brown baby dead in the water -- On the fringes -- City that care forgot -- Wild and free -- Saving at the bank of soul -- It ain't just the suit -- Bourbon Street blues -- Snooks flies away -- Ghosts of traditional jazz -- New blood -- Jazz fest turns 40 -- New Atlantis -- Mcdermott's duets -- Cyril's nightmare -- The wizard of Piety Street -- Blues come down like rain -- Cyril comes full circle -- Marching in.

Sommario/riassunto

Packed with indelible portraits of individual artists and informed by John Swenson's encyclopedic knowledge of the city's unique and varied music scene, New Atlantis is a stirring chronicle of the valiant efforts to preserve the culture that gives New Orleans its grace and magic. The book follows some of New Orleans's most gifted musicians--including



such figures as Dr. John, the Neville Brothers, "Trombone Shorty," and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux--as they fight back against a tidal wave of problems.