Harlem in Montmartre A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great Wars

Name: Harlem in Montmartre A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great Wars
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ISBN: 9780520225374

ISBN-10: 0520225376

ISBN-13: 9780520225374

Edition: 2001

Authors: William A. Shack

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During the years between the world wars, a small but dynamic community of African American jazz musicians left the United States and settled in Paris, creating a vibrant expatriate musical scene and introducing jazz to the French. While the Harlem Renaissance was taking off across the Atlantic, entertainers in Montmartre, the epicenter of the Parisian scene, contributed enthusiastically to a culture that thrived for two decades, until the occupation of the city by German troops on June 18, 1940. InHarlem in Montmartre,William Shack takes a fascinating look at this extraordinary cultural moment, one in which African American musicians could flee the racism of the United States to pursue…

Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 9/4/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 220
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Making Noise and Stomping Feet



Jazz from the Trenches



Le Jazz-Hot: The Roaring Twenties



Jim Crow: Sans Domicile Fixe



The Golden Age: The Thirties



Le Jazz-Cold: The Silent Forties



Final Notes: The Liberation of Jazz


Coda



Zazou Chants


Notes


Bibliography


Index