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Inaudible Music: Jazz, Gender & Australian Modernity

by Bruce Johnson
$8.90
Inaudible Music: Jazz, Gender & Australian Modernity
Inaudible Music: Jazz, Gender & Australian Modernity

Jazz as heartbeat of Australian cultural transformation.

If you have an interest in how music, especially jazz, intertwines with cultural shifts and gender roles, "Inaudible Music" by Bruce Johnson could be a fascinating read for you. It's not just a dry historical account; it weaves in the author's personal experiences within the jazz community, adding an intimate layer that makes the narrative come alive. Plus, for those intrigued by the global influence of Australian jazz musicians, this book offers rich, often untold stories of their international impact.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Inaudible Music: Jazz, Gender & Australian Modernity

by Bruce Johnson
$8.90
ISBN: 9780868196015
Authors: Bruce Johnson
Publisher: Currency Press
Date of Publication: 2000-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Music, History, Sociology
Related Topics: Gender, History, Social Justice, Race, Biography, American History, Social Issues
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This impressive new study by Australia's most distinguished jazz historian revises the place of modern music in Australian society and places jazz at the centre of the twentieth century cultural shift. Bruce Johnson shows how African-American popular music was the primary musical vehicle for Australian modernity and the advancement of women; how the culture was shaped by such innovations as the microphone, recordings and the film industry. His hidden history also reveals the extraordinary impact achieved internationally by Australian musicians since the earliest days. Dispersed among the chapters are interludes from Johnson's life as a 'common soldier in the trenches' of jazz—engaging and timely reminders to the reader of the jazz community and camaraderie that shares a common language around the world. A CD accompanying this book is available as part of Larrikin's Yesterday's Australia series—also called The Inaudible Music. Bruce Johnson is Associate Professor of English at the University of New South Wales. He has written widely on popular music, cultural politics and contemporary fiction and is the author of the Oxford Companion to Australian Jazz (1987). He is an accomplished musician—he plays trumpet and flugelhorn—and established the Australian Jazz Archive, housed at ScreenSound Australia.
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Jazz as heartbeat of Australian cultural transformation.

If you have an interest in how music, especially jazz, intertwines with cultural shifts and gender roles, "Inaudible Music" by Bruce Johnson could be a fascinating read for you. It's not just a dry historical account; it weaves in the author's personal experiences within the jazz community, adding an intimate layer that makes the narrative come alive. Plus, for those intrigued by the global influence of Australian jazz musicians, this book offers rich, often untold stories of their international impact.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.