Magic City: How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America by Bur

Description: Magic City by Burgin Mathews Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Tells the story of one of American musics essential unsung places: Birmingham, Alabama, birthplace of a distinctive and influential jazz heritage. In a telling replete with iconic artists, and unheralded masters, Burgin Mathews reveals how Birmingham was the training ground for luminaries and a long list of sidemen, soloists, and arrangers. Publisher Description Magic City is the story of one of American musics essential unsung places: Birmingham, Alabama, birthplace of a distinctive and influential jazz heritage. In a telling replete with colorful characters, iconic artists, and unheralded masters, Burgin Mathews reveals how Birmingham was the cradle and training ground for such luminaries as big band leader Erskine Hawkins, cosmic outsider Sun Ra, and a long list of sidemen, soloists, and arrangers. He also celebrates the contributions of local educators, club owners, and civic leaders who nurtured a vital culture of Black expression in one of the countrys most notoriously segregated cities. In Birmingham, jazz was more than entertainment: long before the city emerged as a focal point in the national civil rights movement, its homegrown jazz heroes helped set the stage, crafting a unique tradition of independence, innovation, achievement, and empowerment. Blending deep archival research and original interviews with living elders of the Birmingham scene, Mathews elevates the stories of figures like John T. "Fess" Whatley, the pioneering teacher-bandleader who emphasized instrumental training as a means of upward mobility and community pride. Along the way, he takes readers into the high school band rooms, fraternal ballrooms, vaudeville houses, and circus tent shows that shaped a musical movement, revealing a community of players whose influence spread throughout the world. Author Biography Burgin Mathews is a writer, a radio host, and the founding director of the nonprofit Southern Music Research Center. Details ISBN 1469676877 ISBN-13 9781469676876 Title Magic City Author Burgin Mathews Format Hardcover Year 2023 Pages 352 Publisher The University of North Carolina Press GE_Item_ID:157388791; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

Price: 128.29 USD

Location: Fairfield, Ohio

End Time: 2024-11-19T03:14:25.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD

Product Images

Item Specifics

Restocking Fee: No

Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

ISBN-13: 9781469676876

Book Title: Magic City

Number of Pages: 352 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Magic City : How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

Publication Year: 2023

Item Height: 1 in

Subject: History & Criticism, Ethnomusicology, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 28.9 Oz

Item Length: 9.2 in

Subject Area: Music, Social Science, History

Author: Burgin Mathews

Series: American Music: New Roots Ser.

Item Width: 6.1 in

Format: Hardcover