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Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy – Gennett Records and the Rise of America`s Musical Grassroots

Autor Rick Kennedy
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 feb 2013
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 studio debuted such stars as Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Bix Biederbecke, Jelly Roll Morton, Hoagy Carmichael, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, and Gene Autry. While Gennett Records was overshadowed by competitors such as Victor and Columbia, few record companies documented the birth of America's grassroots music as thoroughly as this small-town label. In this newly revised and expanded edition of Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy, Rick Kennedy shares anecdotes from musicians, employees, and family members to trace the colourful history of one of America's most innovative record companies.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253007476
ISBN-10: 025300747X
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 31 b&w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 158 x 230 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:Revised, Expand
Editura: Wiley

Cuprins

Forward by Ted Gioia; Gennett Records TimelineIntroduction; 1. A Music Dynasty in Victorian Indiana; 2. A New Wind is Blowing through Chicago; 3. Jazz Hysteria in the Hoosier State; 4. Old-Time Music in the New Electronic Era; 5. When Gennett Records Gets the Blues; 6. Yet the Music Lives OnSuggested Listening: Fifty Classics by Gennett Records; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Recenzii

"Kennedy’s book comes highly recommended. His writing style is entertaining and informative. By describing the personal characteristics of Gennett’s principal owners, the reader can easily keep all of the various characters straight. Further, Kennedy’s wide-ranging appreciation for American music makes the reader want to hear these recordings. The Gennetts may not have fully appreciated the music they recorded, but Rick Kennedy makes up for that many times over."--Jazz History Online

"In his excellent revised history of Gennett Records, Rick Kennedy explains how an equally complex mix of economic, social and cultural forces made Richmond, Ind., the place where so many of those artists cut their first records—and in the same studio that made masters for the Ku Klux Klan."--Springfield News

"Jazz Mythology often comes from strange and unexpected places, and one such place is the former Starr Piano Factory in Richmond, Indiana, which played host in the early 20th century to Gennet Records. Rick Kennedy's newly revised and expanded Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy: Gennett Studios and the Birth of Recorded Jazz, first published by IU Press in 1994, details the ascent and decline of an Indiana label that provided opportunities to jazz's most significant artists, thereby affecting the direction and reception of jazz itself."--Bloom Magazine


"Kennedy's book comes highly recommended. His writing style is entertaining and informative. By describing the personal characteristics of Gennett's principal owners, the reader can easily keep all of the various characters straight. Further, Kennedy's wide-ranging appreciation for American music makes the reader want to hear these recordings. The Gennetts may not have fully appreciated the music they recorded, but Rick Kennedy makes up for that many times over."--Jazz History Online "In his excellent revised history of Gennett Records, Rick Kennedy explains how an equally complex mix of economic, social and cultural forces made Richmond, Ind., the place where so many of those artists cut their first records - and in the same studio that made masters for the Ku Klux Klan."--Springfield News "Jazz Mythology often comes from strange and unexpected places, and one such place is the former Starr Piano Factory in Richmond, Indiana, which played host in the early 20th century to Gennet Records. Rick Kennedy's newly revised and expanded Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy: Gennett Studios and the Birth of Recorded Jazz, first published by IU Press in 1994, details the ascent and decline of an Indiana label that provided opportunities to jazz's most significant artists, thereby affecting the direction and reception of jazz itself."--Bloom Magazine

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Shares anecdotes from musicians, employees, and family members to trace the colourful history of one of America's most innovative record companies