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From Jazz To Swing: African-American Jazz Musicians And Their Music, 1890-1935 By Thomas Hennessey (Book Review), Gene H. Anderson

Music Faculty Publications

According to Hennessey, the purpose of the present text, an extension of his dissertation, "From Jazz Age to Swing: Black Musicians and Their Music, 1917-1935" (Ph.D. diss., Northwestern University, 1973), is to trace the interaction between the enormous sociological changes in America and the music of African American musicians from the origin of jazz to the beginning of the swing era. He claims that "the transformation of jazz from a primarily local music rooted in black folk traditions to the tightly managed product of a national industry controlled by white businessmen and aimed at a predominantly white mass market paralleled …

Blues For You Johnny: Johnny Dodds And His "Wild Man Blues" Recordings Of 1927 And 1938, Gene H. Anderson

Music Faculty Publications

Shortly after Johnny Dodd's death Sidney Bechet invited Johnny's brother to join his New Orleans Feetwarmers in a recording honoring Bechet's hometown musical colleague and lifelong friend. Although Baby Dodds pronounced "Blues for You, Johnny," recorded in Chicago on September 6, 1940, a "fine tribute," Down Beat found vocalist Herb Jeffries "from hunger on blues." A more fitting memorial would have been "Wild Man Blues" cut by Bechet a few months previously. Said to be his favorite number, "Wild Man Blues" was recorded by Dodds three times in 1927 and once again in 1938. This study examines Johnny Dodds's style …

Ua12/2/2 Xposure - Spring 1996, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

1996 Xposure yearbook.

• Davis, Amanda. College Bands
• Witty, Patrick. Keeping His Composure: Award-Winning Conductor Visits – Karel Husa
• Noel, Anthony. Eyes in the Dark – Tara Higdon, Stalking
• Gamblin, Joe. The Thursday Night Ritual – Entertainment
• Portrait Gallery – Neal Thomas, Tamico Johnson, Elin Ramberg, Larry Danielson, John Hildreth
• Shain, Kimberly. Graves of Earthly Delights: Western Students Dig for Bones of Confederate Soldiers – Archaeology, Sons of Confederate Veterans
• Wade, Molly. College Habitats – Dormitories, Apartments
• Hieb, Dan. The Underground Club – Green River Grotto, Spelunking, Caves
• 35^th Annual Student Art Competition
• Gamblin, Joe. WWF . . . Or …