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Blues on Stage
John L. Clark Jr.
其他書名
The Blues Entertainment Industry in the 1920s
出版State University of New York Press, 2023-01-01
主題Music / Genres & Styles / BluesSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black StudiesSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / GeneralSocial Science / Popular Culture
ISBN14384915659781438491561
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=DuWbEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Blues on Stage presents a new history of the development of the "Classic Blues" of the 1920s, offering a comprehensive review of various Black singers who recorded and were influential in this era, including Bessie Smith, Trixie Smith, Butterbeans and Susie, and Ma Rainey. The business of music recording and publishing, including songwriting and touring theater circuits, is explored as part of the narrative of how and when these artists became nationally popular. The most highly regarded singers of this period were not folk or rural artists, but rather highly experienced stage professionals whose careers often extended two decades or more prior to their first recordings. These artists, some of the most famous acts on the Black vaudeville and tent show circuits, were preceded in the recording studio by many cabaret and nightclub singers with a different entertainment perspective and were followed by artists who came from a more rural, less professional background. For anyone interested in the roots of jazz and blues, Blues on Stage offers a new and comprehensive introduction to the development of this American musical style.