Royal Hipsters Of Jazz : Romania's Surprising Jazz Origins, Its Cultural Influences And Analysis Of Its Written Histories

The uniquely personal element of jazz was emblazoned into Romania's psyche around 1918, after a great war saw its neighbors flounder amid totemic change. But through negotiation of multi-veiled alliances, a union of romantics encapsulated by Slavs, gave birth and subsequent grandeur to a jazz subclass directly affiliated with indigenous classical forms. From its juxtaposition with an American hybrid, Romanian music (through its embrace of big band instrumentation) revealed a cosmopolitanism different, but equal to what had been found in its literature, architecture and visual arts, eventually aligning with a school of avant-garde linked to patronage from an unheralded queen, and a musician (George Enescu) whose approval was always required. More than a standard accounting, this short tome examines how and why histories are written, influences of race, ethnicity, globalization and revision, and why the apparatus for reporting jazz is so fragile.

• | Author: Tom Smith
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 101 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1730764541
• | ISBN-13: 9781730764547