That Moaning Saxophone The Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze

Name: That Moaning Saxophone The Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze
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ISBN: 9780195165920

ISBN-10: 0195165926

ISBN-13: 9780195165920

Edition: 2004

Authors: Bruce Vermazen

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The saxophone, today an emblem of "cool" and the definitive jazz instrument, was largely ignored in the U.S. for more than half a century after its invention in France in 1838. The new sound, Vermazen argues, was finally brought to the American public by the Six Brown Brothers, one of the most famous musical stage acts of the early twentieth century. Sifting fact from legend, Vermazen explores the show business world of 1895-1933, offering a cultural interpretion of blackface and minstrelsy, a history of the saxophone,and insights into the burgeoning American music business and forgotten traditions. Drawing on rigorous archival research, he shows how the Brothers stage acts and…

Book details

List price: $105.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 9.49" wide x 6.46" long x 1.08" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English




Once a Legend



Father and Sons: 1858-96



Darkest America: 1896-99



The Traveling City: 1899-1909



Struggling into the Big Time: 1905-11



Beating the Competition: 1909-12



Primrose and Dockstader's Minstrels: 1912-14



All American Vaudeville: 1914



Three Years with Montgomery and Stone: 1914-17



Jack o' Lantern: 1917-18



On the Road with Jack: 1918-20



Tip Top: 1920-23



Something New and Different: 1923-24



Between Showings: 1924-27



Nothing Left to Do in Show Biz: 1928-88



Maria Brown's Quilt



Discography


Notes


General Index


Index of Musical Compositions