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



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Autore: Berresford Mark Visualizza persona
Titolo: That's got 'em! : the life and music of Wilbur C. Sweatman / / Mark Berresford Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2010
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 230 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 781.65092
Soggetto topico: Clarinetists - United States
African American jazz musicians
Jazz - History and criticism
Vaudeville - United States - History - 20th century
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
Titolo autorizzato: That's got 'em  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-48490-7
9786612484902
1-60473-371-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910828174503321
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Serie: American made music series.