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- The arrival in London of seminal American musicians, especially Louis Armstrong (1932) and Duke Ellington (1933), inspired the British jazz community, generating excited publicity, popular and professional interest – and occasional controversy.
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From the 1960s British jazz began to develop more individual characteristics and absorb a variety of influences, including British blues, as well as European and World music influences. A number of British jazz musicians have gained international reputations, although the music has remained a minority interest there.
Mar 17, 2021 · The arrival in London of seminal American musicians, especially Louis Armstrong (1932) and Duke Ellington (1933), inspired the British jazz community, generating excited publicity, popular and professional interest – and occasional controversy.
European jazz? In Western Europe from the 1950s onward, European musicians no longer wanted to be considered as secondary actors in comparison to their American colleagues, and began to assert their influence on the global scene. The first of them was no doubt the guitarist Django Reinhardt.
1930s - Consolidation and acceptance. The arrival in London of seminal American musicians, especially Louis Armstrong (1932) and Duke Ellington (1933), inspired the British jazz community, generating excited publicity, popular and professional interest – and occasional controversy.
From Reykjavik to Istanbul, from Lisbon to Moscow, from Athens to Vilnius, the volume provides and organic overview of European jazz history covering its linear narrative from its inception to the year 2000 presented on a geographical basis in 34 articles country by country.
Dec 28, 2018 · Six themed chapters address early African-American entertainers in Europe, Django Reinhardt and jazz manouche, the influence of Jewish music, the avant-garde and the cross-Atlantic dialog, jazz in films, and finally, jazz festivals.
The exhibition brings together painting, prints, cartoons, textiles and ceramics, moving film, instruments and the all-important jazz sound, to explicitly examine the influence of jazz on British art, design and wider society.
