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Jazz Age Chicago Crucible Of Modern America
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Author : Joseph Gustaitis
language : en
Publisher: History Press
Release Date : 2022-01-17
Jazz Age Chicago Crucible Of Modern America written by Joseph Gustaitis and has been published by History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-17 with History categories.
When people imagine 1920s Chicago, they usually (and justifiably) think of Al Capone, speakeasies, gang wars, flappers and flivvers. Yet this narrative overlooks the crucial role the Windy City played in the modernization of America. The city's incredible ethnic variety and massive building boom gave it unparalleled creative space, as design trends from Art Deco skyscrapers to streamlined household appliances reflected Chicago's unmistakable style. The emergence of mass media in the 1920s helped make professional sports a national obsession, even as Chicago radio stations were inventing the sitcom and the soap opera. Join Joseph Gustaitis as he chases the beat of America's Jazz Age back to its jazz capital.
Chicago Jazz
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Author : William Howland Kenney
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1994-10-27
Chicago Jazz written by William Howland Kenney and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-10-27 with Music categories.
The setting is the Royal Gardens Cafe. It's dark, smoky. The smell of gin permeates the room. People are leaning over the balcony, their drinks spilling on the customers below. On stage, King Oliver and Louis Armstrong roll on and on, piling up choruses, the rhythm section building the beat until tables, chairs, walls, people, move with the rhythm. The time is the 1920s. The place is South Side Chicago, a town of dance halls and cabarets, Prohibition and segregation, a town where jazz would flourish into the musical statement of an era. In Chicago Jazz, William Howland Kenney offers a wide-ranging look at jazz in the Windy City, revealing how Chicago became the major center of jazz in the 1920s, one of the most vital periods in the history of the music. He describes how the migration of blacks from the South to Chicago during and after World War I set the stage for the development of jazz in Chicago; and how the nightclubs and cabarets catering to both black and white customers provided the social setting for jazz performances. Kenney discusses the arrival of King Oliver and other greats in Chicago in the late teens and the early 1920s, especially Louis Armstrong, who would become the most influential jazz player of the period. And he travels beyond South Side Chicago to look at the evolution of white jazz, focusing on the influence of the South Side school on such young white players as Mezz Mezzrow (who adopted the mannerisms of black show business performers, an urbanized southern black accent, and black slang); and Max Kaminsky, deeply influenced by Armstrong's "electrifying tone, his superb technique, his power and ease, his hotness and intensity, his complete mastery of the horn." The personal recollections of many others--including Milt Hinton, Wild Bill Davison, Bud Freeman, and Jimmy McPartland--bring alive this exciting period in jazz history. Here is a new interpretation of Chicago jazz that reveals the role of race, culture, and politics in the development of this daring musical style. From black-and-tan cabarets and the Savoy Ballroom, to the Friars Inn and Austin High, Chicago Jazz brings to life the hustle and bustle of the sounds and styles of musical entertainment in the famous toddlin' town.
Brains Brilliancy Bohemia
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Author : Marc Moscato
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Brains Brilliancy Bohemia written by Marc Moscato and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Bohemianism categories.
The Chicagoan
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Author : Neil Harris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
The Chicagoan written by Neil Harris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
"While browsing the stacks of the Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago some years ago, noted historian Neil Harris made a surprising discovery: a group of nine plainly bound volumes whose unassuming spines bore the name The Chicagoan." "Here Harris brings this lost magazine of the Jazz Age back to life. Harris's substantial introductory essay here sets the stage, exploring the ambitions, tastes, and prejudices of Chicagoans during the 1920s and 30s. The author then lets the Chicagoan speak for itself in lavish full-color segments that reproduce its many elements: from covers, cartoons, and editorials to reviews, features - and even one issue reprinted in its entirety." "Recalling a vivid moment in the life of the Windy City, the Chicagoan is a forgotten treasure, offered here for a whole new age to enjoy."--BOOK JACKET.
Jazz Age Chicago
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Author : Joseph Gustaitis
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2022-01-17
Jazz Age Chicago written by Joseph Gustaitis and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-17 with History categories.
When people imagine 1920s Chicago, they usually (and justifiably) think of Al Capone, speakeasies, gang wars, flappers and flivvers. Yet this narrative overlooks the crucial role the Windy City played in the modernization of America. The city's incredible ethnic variety and massive building boom gave it unparalleled creative space, as design trends from Art Deco skyscrapers to streamlined household appliances reflected Chicago's unmistakable style. The emergence of mass media in the 1920s helped make professional sports a national obsession, even as Chicago radio stations were inventing the sitcom and the soap opera. Join Joseph Gustaitis as he chases the beat of America's Jazz Age back to its jazz capital.
The Jazz Age Murders
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Author : Kathleen Anne Fleming
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
The Jazz Age Murders written by Kathleen Anne Fleming and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Chicago (Ill.) categories.
The Jazz Age Murders is a mystery set in Chicago's North Side. Cleary's Jazz Club is a swank, happening place with a silent history of murder, making all the musicians suspects when a new murder pops up its ugly head. A friend of this recent victim, Glenda Morgan, takes it upon herself to investigate this heinous crime. The requisite eccentric characters abound and Cleary's sketchy history must be pieced together. A simple, yet tangled story about expecting the unexpected, The Jazz Age Murder sings with fun and style.
The Jazz Palace
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Author : Mary Morris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
The Jazz Palace written by Mary Morris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Audio Book categories.
The son of a grieving Jewish family in jazz age Chicago impresses patrons of a mob-controlled saloon with his piano talents, which become subject to a changing music era, his need to survive, and exacting mob demands.
The Jazz Age
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Author : Arnold Shaw
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1989
The Jazz Age written by Arnold Shaw and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Music categories.
F. Scott Fitzgerald named it, Louis Armstrong launched it, Paul Whiteman and Fletcher Henderson orchestrated it, and now Arnold Shaw chronicles this fabulous era in The Jazz Age. Spicing his account with lively anecdotes and inside stories, he describes the astonishing outpouring of significant musical innovations that emerged during the "Roaring Twenties"--including blues, jazz, band music, torch ballads, operettas and musicals--and sets them against the background of the Prohibition world of the Flapper.
Mr Wrigley S Ball Club
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Author : Roberts Ehrgott
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2013-04-01
Mr Wrigley S Ball Club written by Roberts Ehrgott and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Chicago in the Roaring Twenties was a city of immigrants, mobsters, and flappers with one shared passion: the Chicago Cubs. It all began when the chewing-gum tycoon William Wrigley decided to build the world’s greatest ball club in the nation’s Second City. In this Jazz Age center, the maverick Wrigley exploited the revolutionary technology of broadcasting to attract eager throngs of women to his renovated ballpark. Mr. Wrigley’s Ball Club transports us to this heady era of baseball history and introduces the team at its crazy heart—an amalgam of rakes, pranksters, schemers, and choirboys who take center stage in memorable successes, equally memorable disasters, and shadowy intrigue. Readers take front-row seats to meet Grover Cleveland Alexander, Rogers Hornsby, Joe McCarthy, Lewis “Hack” Wilson, Gabby Hartnett. The cast of characters also includes their colorful if less-extolled teammates and the Cubs’ nemesis, Babe Ruth, who terminates the ambitions of Mr. Wrigley’s ball club with one emphatic swing.
A Thousand And One Afternoons In Chicago
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Author : Ben Hecht
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
A Thousand And One Afternoons In Chicago written by Ben Hecht and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
Originally published in 1922, this collection of short stories offers a witty and insightful portrait of life in Jazz Age Chicago. Hecht, a journalist and screenwriter, captures the sights, sounds, and characters of the city with humor and affection. He covers a wide range of topics, from politics and crime to sports and entertainment, and his writing is marked by a sharp, irreverent style. This book is a classic of Chicago literature and an entertaining read for anyone interested in the city's history and culture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.