[Dixielandjazz] Re: Italians invented Jazz

Bill Haesler bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
Tue Feb 8 21:36:14 PST 2005


Dear Tito, Steve and Bob,
I realise that this thread is all good fun and would be the last to dismiss
its humorous side.
However, by coincidence, I am currently reading (with too many
interruptions) 'Wait Until Dark: Jazz And The Underworld, 1880-1940' by
Ronald L Morris (Bowling Green University Popular Press, Ohio. 1980), kindly
sent to me by listmate Dr Fred Spencer.
It is a serious and very well researched book (with an extensive
bibliography) and traces the turbulent history of the Italian and Jewish
business control of, and musical involvement in, the early entertainment and
nightclub industry in the US and its almost benevolent association with the
'glorious era of jazz music'.
Without which jazz, as we know it, would have become a historic oddity.
Well worth looking out for.
Kind regards,
Bill. 





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