Kern, and Johnny Mercer. He also highlights Astaire's collaborations with African American musicians

to evolve from their African-American origins. Music: Investigate the Evolution of American Sound

photographic depictions of African American jazz musicians in New York not only created a visual template of a

book also discusses how young Afro-Brazilians combine Candomblé religious music with African American

with an examination of the Swing Era, focusing particularly on the position of African American

African American and white jazz musicians competed for jobs in nightclubs.

shaped by their African American heritage, and on the role of the record industry and radio in the making

life-changing lessons from one of American music's most innovative personalities. Along the way, Adams reflects

the city's musical lineages--African American, white, and Creole--in jazz's formative years. Charters

France -- 15. Cultural Displacement, Cultural Creation: AFRICAN AMERICAN JAZZ MUSICIANS IN EUROPE FROM

Jazz, an old-style New Orleans jazz band that toured the world and took New Orleans jazz into the

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