That Moaning Saxophone : THe Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze

Name: That Moaning Saxophone
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc
SKU: 9780195165920
Price: 15400 KES
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ISBN: 9780195165920

by Bruce Vermazen

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0195165926

ISBN-13 9780195165920

Publisher Oxford University Press Inc

Imprint Oxford University Press Inc

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 22nd, 2004

Print length 320 Pages

Weight 576 grams

Dimensions 24.10 x 16.40 x 2.70 cms

Product Classification: Jazz Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups Wind instruments

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After its invention in France in 1838, the saxophone, Vermazen argues, was finally brought to the American public by the Six Brown Brothers, one of the most famous musical stage acts of the early 20th century. This title explores how they turned an instrument once derided as the "Siren of Satan", into the crowning symbol of jazz.

The saxophone, today an emblem of "cool" and the definitive jazz instrument, was largely ignored in the U.S. for more than half a century after its invention in France in 1838. The new sound, Vermazen argues, was finally brought to the American public by the Six Brown Brothers, one of the most famous musical stage acts of the early twentieth century. Sifting fact from legend, Vermazen explores the show business world of 1895-1933, offering a cultural interpretion of blackface and minstrelsy, a history of the saxophone,and insights into the burgeoning American music business and forgotten traditions. Drawing on rigorous archival research, he shows how the Brothers stage acts and ground-breaking recordings turned an instrument once derided as the "Siren of Satan", into the crowning symbol of jazz.

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