Magic City: How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America

Magic City is the story of one of American music's essential unsung places: Birmingham, Alabama, birthplace of...
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Author: Burgin Mathews
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Language: English
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Magic City: How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America by Mathews, Burgin

Magic City: How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America

Dhs. 936.44

Magic City: How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America

Dhs. 936.44
Author: Burgin Mathews
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Magic City is the story of one of American music's essential unsung places: Birmingham, Alabama, birthplace of a distinctive and influential jazz heritage. In a telling replete with colorful characters, iconic artists, and unheralded masters, Burgin Mathews reveals how Birmingham was the cradle and training ground for such luminaries as big band leader Erskine Hawkins, cosmic outsider Sun Ra, and a long list of sidemen, soloists, and arrangers. He also celebrates the contributions of local educators, club owners, and civic leaders who nurtured a vital culture of Black expression in one of the country's most notoriously segregated cities. In Birmingham, jazz was more than entertainment: long before the city emerged as a focal point in the national civil rights movement, its homegrown jazz heroes helped set the stage, crafting a unique tradition of independence, innovation, achievement, and empowerment.

Blending deep archival research and original interviews with living elders of the Birmingham scene, Mathews elevates the stories of figures like John T. "Fess" Whatley, the pioneering teacher-bandleader who emphasized instrumental training as a means of upward mobility and community pride. Along the way, he takes readers into the high school band rooms, fraternal ballrooms, vaudeville houses, and circus tent shows that shaped a musical movement, revealing a community of players whose influence spread throughout the world.



Author: Burgin Mathews
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 11/28/2023
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781469676876

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