Jazz and Blues Musicians of South Carolina (eBook)

Interviews with Jabbo, Dizzy, Drink, and Others

Benjamin Franklin (Autor)

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2021
304 Seiten
University of South Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-64336-218-2 (ISBN)

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An oral history of musical genres from the Palmetto State musicians who helped define the soundsFrom Jabbo Smith, Dizzy Gillespie, and Drink Small to Johnny Helms, Dick Goodwin, and Chris Potter, South Carolina has been home to an impressive number of regionally, nationally, and internationally known jazz and blues musicians. Through richly detailed interviews with nineteen South Carolina musicians, jazz historian and radio host Benjamin Franklin V presents an oral history of the tradition and influence of jazz and the blues in the Palmetto State.Franklin takes as his subjects a range of musicians born between 1905 and 1971, representing every decade in between, to trace the progression of these musical genres from Tommy Benford's and Jabbo Smith's first recording sessions in the summer of 1926 to the present day. Diverse not only in age but also in race, gender, instruments, and style, these musicians exemplify the breadth of South Carolina's jazz and blues performers. In their own colorful words, the musicians recall love affairs with the distinctive sounds of jazz and blues, indoctrinations into the musical world, early gigs, fans, drugs, military service, amateur night at the Apollo Theater, and influential friendships with other well-known musicians. As the story of the South Carolina musical scene is tightly interwoven with that of the nation, these narratives also include appearances by Tony Bennett, Miles Davis, Count Basie, Helen Merrill, Pharoah Sanders, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and other significant musicians.These interviews also document the lasting value of music education. In particular they stress the importance of the famed Jenkins Orphanage in Charleston and of South Carolina State University in Orangeburg in nurturing young musicians' talent.Arranged in chronological order by the subjects' birth years, these interviews are augmented by photographs of the musicians, collectively serving as a unique record of representative jazz and blues musicians who have called South Carolina home.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.5.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 33 b&w halftones
• Verlagsort: Columbia
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 180 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: Blues Traveler • Chris Potter • Chris Potter (jazz saxophonist) • Chris Potter jazz saxophonist • Clarinet • Count Basie • Dizzy Gillespie • Dizzy Gillespie*CHRIS* • Eric Alexander • Eric Alexander (jazz saxophonist) • Eric Alexander jazz saxophonist • guitar • guitar player • James Moody saxophonist • Jazz • Jazz at the Philharmonic • Jazz Club • Lawrence Brown jazz trombonist • Mainstream jazz • marching band • music, history, biography, bebop, etta jones, arthur prysock, nappy brown • music, history, biography, bebop, etta jones, arthur prysock, nappy brown, tommy benford • music, history, biography, bebop, tommy benford, jack howe, arthur prysock, nappy brown, webster young, horace ott, houseton person, johnny helms, ron free, johnny williams, dick goodwin, gary erwin, barry walker, ron westray, chris potter • musician • New Orleans rhythm and blues • saxophone • Some Blues • The Jazz Workshop • The Tonight Show Band • Trombone • Walter Davis • Walter Davis (blues) • Walter Davis blues
• ISBN-10: 1-64336-218-6 / 1643362186
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64336-218-2 / 9781643362182