That Moaning Saxophone
THe Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 22 April 2004
- ISBN 9780195165920
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages320 pages
- Size 241x164x27 mm
- Weight 576 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 12pp halftones 0
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Short description:
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 ground-breaking recordings turned an instrument once derided as the "Siren of Satan", into the crowning symbol of jazz.
Long description:
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 ground-breaking recordings turned an instrument once derided as the "Siren of Satan", into the crowning symbol of jazz.
This excellent social history gives general readers and more focused music fans an insightful, well-written, and concise backdrop to the birth of the big band era and the modern popular music industry.
Table of Contents:
Once a Legend
Father and Sons: 1858-96
Darkest America: 1895-99
The Traveling City: 1899-1909
Struggling into the Big Time: 1905-11
Beating the Competition: 1909-12
Primrose and Dockstader's Minstrels:1912-1914
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; Key to abbreviations:Notes:Index
