[Dixielandjazz] Italians in Jazz Quote

[Fred Spencer]

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  Mr. Spencer,

  I'm helping a friend research a book on the history of Italian Americans in jazz and I'm looking for the source of a quote by Joachim-Ernst Berendt: "No other European country has produced such a significant number of American jazz musicians as Italy." 

  I followed your learned postings the Italians in Jazz thread on the Dixieland mailing list and thought that you might have an answer for me or some suggestions of places to look. We have already looked in the Sudhalter book, Lost Chords, and the Morris  book, Wait Until Dark: Jazz in the Underworld, 1880-1940, as well as Berendt's book, The Jazz Book.

  Thanks for your time.
  Peggy Fox
  Elmhurst, IL
  Dear Peggy, 

  These are two b ooks by or about Berendt that I know of--

  Berendt, Joachim-Ernst. Jazz: A Photo History. Translated by William Odom. New York, Schirmer Books, 1979. 355 pp., illus., index.

      The 17 chapters in this book, accompanied by black-and-white photographs, follow a chronological course from the first chapter, New Orleans, through Chapters 2: Spirituals and Gospels; 3: Blues; 4: The Pianists; 5: Chicago; 6: swing [sic] and Swing; 7: The Big Bands; 8: Bebop; 9: Cooool [sic]; 10: Bop Becomes Mainstream; 11: Coltrane and After; 12: Free; 13: Jazz Meets the World; 14: The Guitar Explosion; 15: Miles Davis and After; 16: The Voices;17: Europe-- Japan, followed by a Discography and Name Index. A gallery of jazz photographers and archivists provided the pictures. The liberal text by Joachim-Ernst Berendt, the German jazz scholar, is no doubt derived in part from his respected volume, The Jazz Book. From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond (Lawrence Hill, 1982).

  Hefele, Bernhard. Jazz-Bibliography(ie). International Literature on Jazz, Blues, Spirituals, Gospel and Ragtime Music with a Selected List of Works on the Social and Cultural Background from the Beginning to the Present. Munchen, New York; London; Paris: Saur, 1981. 368 pp., index.   ISBN 3-598-10205-4.      

  The Teutonic exactitude of the 6,600 entries in this volume make it a most useful compilation. "Introduction[s]" in English (8 pp.) and German (10 pp.) provide an "Excurse [sic] on Dilettantism" [the purity, or not, of jazz criticism], the "History of Bibliography", and an "Organization of the Bibliography". As might be expected, the longest of the 28 sections is the 100 pages (entries # 4021-6235) of Jazz People from A to Z. Other sections deal with the usual bibliographical data of jazz in Discographies; History of Jazz; Styles of Jazz; Jazz Clubs; Jazz and TV, Radio, and Film, and the unusual topics of Sociology of Jazz; Jazz in the Church; Didactics of Jazz; Jazz and Other Forms of Music; and Jazz By Country. Scattered annotations usually reflect the country of origin, most commonly Germany, USA, and Great Britain, but other countries such as France and Italy receive attention. There is a 43-page Index of Persons.This bibliography has 100 or more references for Berendt, I assume practically all are in German except for his Book Of Jazz and the above volume. If you don't locate the quote I suggest you use "Attributed to Joachim-Ernst Berendt.

  Someone on the DJML might have more. I hope this is useful and wish you well. Regards. 

  Fred

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