Jazz Diasporas

Race, Music, and Migration in Post-World War II Paris

Rashida K. Braggs

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English

University of California Press
26 January 2016

Jazz

Series: Music of the African Diaspora

At the close of the Second World War, waves of African American musicians migrated to Paris, eager to thrive in its reinvigorated jazz scene. Jazz Diasporas challenges the notion that Paris was a color-blind paradise for African Americans. On the contrary, musicians adopted a variety of strategies to cope with the cultural and social assumptions that confronted them throughout their careers in Paris, particularly as France became embroiled in struggles over race and identity when colonial conflicts like the Algerian War escalated. Using case studies of prominent musicians and thoughtful analysis of interviews, music, film, and literature, Rashida K. Braggs investigates the impact of this postwar musical migration. She examines key figures including musicians Sidney Bechet, Inez Cavanaugh, and Kenny Clarke and writer and social critic James Baldwin to show how they performed both as artists and as African Americans. Their collaborations with French musicians and critics complicated racial and cultural understandings of who could represent “authentic” jazz and created spaces for shifting racial and national identities—what Braggs terms “jazz diasporas.”

By: Rashida K. Braggs
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 18
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780520279353
ISBN 10: 0520279352
Series: Music of the African Diaspora
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 26 January 2016
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Migrating Jazz People and Identities 1. Performing Jazz Diaspora With Sidney Bechet 2. Jazz At Home In France: French Jazz Musicians on the Warpath To “Authentic” Jazz 3. Inez Cavanaugh: Creating And Complicating Jazz Community 4. Boris Vian And James Baldwin In Paris: Are We A Blues People, Too? 5. Kenny Clarke’s Journey Between “Black” And “Universal” Music Coda: Beyond Color-Blind Narratives: Reading Behind The Scenes Of Paris Blues Notes Works Cited Index

Rashida K. Braggs is Assistant Professor in the Program of Africana Studies at Williams College.

Reviews for Jazz Diasporas: Race, Music, and Migration in Post-World War II Paris

"""A fascinating look into an important chapter in cultural history."" Kirkus Reviews ""Un libro apasionante, bien documentado y basico para entender la migracion de musicos afroamericanos de jazz a Europa."" (""A fascinating book, well documented and fundamental to understand the migration of African American jazz musicians to Europe."") Tango Reporter"