{"title":"Jazz in Brazil: An Early History (1920s-1950s)","authors":"A. Fléchet","doi":"10.1558/JAZZ.V10I1-2.28748","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Brazil was a very early convert to jazz, which was marked by numerous appropriations and musical fusions. The first echoes of jazz were heard in Rio in 1917, a few months after the official birth of samba. Yet still little is known about the early history of jazz in Brazil. This article adopts a cultural and social history approach to music to identify the actors and sociological vectors that enabled the first appropriation of jazz by Brazilian musicians and audiences; to analyse the evolution of jazz repertoires; and to understand its impact (real, albeit highly controversial) on the Brazilian musical scene from the 1920s to the 1950s.","PeriodicalId":40438,"journal":{"name":"Jazz Research Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2015-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Jazz Research Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1558/JAZZ.V10I1-2.28748","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"MUSIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Brazil was a very early convert to jazz, which was marked by numerous appropriations and musical fusions. The first echoes of jazz were heard in Rio in 1917, a few months after the official birth of samba. Yet still little is known about the early history of jazz in Brazil. This article adopts a cultural and social history approach to music to identify the actors and sociological vectors that enabled the first appropriation of jazz by Brazilian musicians and audiences; to analyse the evolution of jazz repertoires; and to understand its impact (real, albeit highly controversial) on the Brazilian musical scene from the 1920s to the 1950s.
期刊介绍:
Jazz Research Journal explores a range of cultural and critical views on jazz. The journal celebrates the diversity of approaches found in jazz scholarship and provides a forum for interaction and the cross-fertilisation of ideas. It is a development and extension of The Source: Challenging Jazz Criticism founded in 2004 at the Leeds College of Music. The journal aims to represent a range of disciplinary perspectives on jazz, from musicology to film studies, sociology to cultural studies, and offers a platform for new thinking on jazz. In this respect, the editors particularly welcome articles that challenge traditional approaches to jazz and encourage writings that engage with jazz as a discursive practice. Jazz Research Journal publishes original and innovative research that either extends the boundaries of jazz scholarship or explores themes which are central to a critical understanding of the music, including the politics of race and gender, the shifting cultural representation of jazz, and the complexity of canon formation and dissolution. In addition to articles, the journal features a reviews section that publishes critical articles on a variety of media, including recordings, film, books, educational products and multimedia publications.