Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy : Gennett Records and the rise of America's musical grassroots / / Rick Kennedy ; foreword by Ted Gioia

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910973172003321
• Autore: Kennedy Rick <1956->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bloomington ; ; Indianapolis, : Indiana University Press, 2013
• ISBN: 9781283851596; 1283851598; 9780253007698; 0253007690
• Edizione: [Rev. and expanded ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GioiaTed
• Disciplina: 781.6409772/63
• Soggetti: Sound recording industry - United States; Jazz - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A music dynasty in Victorian Indiana? -- A new wind is blowing through Chicago -- Jazz hysteria in the Hoosier state? -- Old-time music in the new electronic era -- When Gennett Records gets the blues -- Yet the music lives on -- Suggested listening : fifty classics by Gennett Records.
• Sommario/riassunto: In a piano factory tucked away in Richmond, Indiana, Gennett Records produced thousands of records featuring obscure musicians from hotel orchestras and backwoods fiddlers to the future icons of jazz, blues, country music, and rock 'n' roll. From 1916 to 1934, the company debuted such future stars as Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Bix Beiderbecke, and Hoagy Carmichael, while also capturing classic performances by Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, Uncle Dave Macon, and Gene Autry. While Gennett Records was overshadowed by competitors such as Victor and