{"product_id":"louis-armstrong-and-paul-whiteman-two-kings-of-jazz-hardcover","title":"Louis Armstrong and Paul Whiteman: Two Kings of Jazz - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoshua Berrett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dual biography of two great innovators in the history of jazz. One was black, one was white--one is now legendary, the other nearly forgotten.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLouis Armstrong and Paul Whiteman \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ejazz scholar Joshua Berrett offers a provocative revision of the history of early jazz by focusing on two of its most notable practitioners--Whiteman, legendary in his day, and Armstrong, a legend ever since. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Paul Whiteman's fame was unmatched throughout the twenties. Bix Beiderbecke, Bing Crosby, and Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey honed their craft on his bandstand. Celebrated as the \"King of Jazz\" in 1930 in a Universal Studios feature film, Whiteman's imperium has declined considerably since. The legend of Louis Armstrong, in contrast, grows ever more lustrous: for decades it has been Armstrong, not Whiteman, who has worn the king's crown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This dual biography explores these diverging legacies in the context of race, commerce, and the history of early jazz. Early jazz, Berrett argues, was not a story of black innovators and white usurpers. In this book, a much richer, more complicated story emerges--a story of cross-influences, sidemen, sundry movers and shakers who were all part of a collective experience that transcended the category of race. In the world of early jazz, Berrett contends, kingdoms had no borders.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua Berrett\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Louis Armstrong Companion: Eight Decades of Commentary, The Musical World of J.J. Johnson \u003c\/i\u003e(co-authored with Louis G. Bourgois), as well as commentary for the Verve Deluxe CD reissue, \u003ci\u003eSatchmo: A Musical Autobiography. \u003c\/i\u003eHis\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003earticles have been published in \u003ci\u003eJournal of Jazz Studies, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Musical Quarterly, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Music, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Black Perspective in Music, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMusica Oggi, \u003c\/i\u003eand his research has been cited in \u003ci\u003eThe New Grove Dictionary of Jazz \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Oxford Companion to Jazz. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is professor of music at Mercy College, where he has developed an Internet-based Distance Learning course in music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 9.42 x 6.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58584094802001,"sku":"9780300103847","price":121.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/Zpg-Yi47_P9780300103847.webp?v=1767776108","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/es\/products\/louis-armstrong-and-paul-whiteman-two-kings-of-jazz-hardcover","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}