African American Entertainers in Australia and New Zealand
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7795-8 (ISBN)
It is often forgotten that 11 African Americans, including a musician, were among the First Fleet of colonial settlers to Australia. In the 150-plus following years, African Americans visiting the region included jubilee singers, minstrels, ragtimers, vaudevillians, jazz musicians, sports stars, dancers, singers and general entertainers, some of whom became long stayers or residents.
This book provides the only comprehensive history of more than 350 African American entertainers in Australia and New Zealand between European settlement in Australia in 1788 and the entry of the United States into World War II in 1941. It explains how and why they came, how they were treated and how that changed with the infamous White Australia policy. Famous names include boxer Jack Johnson, film star Nina Mae McKinney, vocalist Ivie Anderson of Duke Ellington's band, swing dancer Frankie Manning and jazz singer Eva Taylor. Beyond the bare performance histories, the book reveals stories of personal experiences and dilemmas: How did Jack Johnson almost marry an Australian? Why did Nina Mae McKinney's show close mysteriously? Which African American entertainer became mayor of a New Zealand town? Did a mystery romance keep Jolly John Larkins in the region for eight years? Such background stories give a multidimensional view of the entertainers' time in a place very far from home.
Bill Egan is a Canberra (Australia) based independent researcher with a lifelong interest in jazz and African American culture.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. In the Beginning
2. African American Minstrels Arrive: Dueling Georgians
3. The Fisk Jubilee Singers
4. Further Adventures of the Jubilee Singers
5. Charles B. Hicks Returns
6. Orpheus McAdoo and the Return of the Fisks
7. The Tivoli Era Starts
8. The Return of Orpheus McAdoo and a Rival
9. McAdoo and Curtis: The Battle Begins
10. McAdoo Reigns Again
11. Eva Taylor (Irene Gibbons) and Josephine Gassman
12. This Sporting Life: Major Taylor
13. George Sorlie and Cassie Walmer
14. Big, Bad Jack Johnson
15. The Lay of the Last Minstrel: Billy Kersands (1912)
16. Throw the Switch to Vaudeville
17. The Jazz Age (1923–1925)
18. The Jazz Age (1926–1927)
19. Sonny Clay’s Colored Idea (White Australia’s Darkest Hour)
20. The Post-Clay Lean Years (1928–1934)
21. The Norman Thomas Quintette and Ulysses S. Thompson
22. Nina Mae McKinney
23. 1937: The Harmony Kings and Bob Parrish
24. 1938: Chris Gill, the Edwards Sisters, Chuck Richards and Peg Leg Bates
25. Frankie Manning and the Lindy Hoppers (1938–1939)
26. 1939: Radcliffe and Rodgers, Ada Brown, the Dancing Chefs, Chuck and Chuckles, the Mills Brothers
27. Epilogue: 1940–1941 and After
Appendix 1: African American Boxers Pre–World War I
Appendix 2: African American Boxers Post–World War I
Appendix 3: The Later Fisk Jubilee Singers, 1902–1936
Appendix 4: Miscellanea
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.10.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 80 photographs |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-7795-6 / 1476677956 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-7795-8 / 9781476677958 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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