The Routledge Companion to Diasporic Jazz Studies

The Routledge Companion to Diasporic Jazz Studies recognizes the proliferation of jazz as global music in the 21st century. It illustrates the multi-vocality of contemporary jazz studies, combining local narratives, global histories, and cultural criticism. It rests on the argument that diasporic jazz is not a passive, second-hand reflection of music originating in the US, but possesses its own integrity, vitality, and distinctive range of identities. This companion reveals the contradictions of cultural globalization from which diasporic jazz cultures emerge, through 45 chapters within seven thematic parts: What is Diasporic Jazz? Histories and Counter-Narratives Making, Disseminating, and Consuming Diasporic Jazz Culture, Politics, and Ideology Communities and Distinctions Presenting and Representing Diasporic Jazz Challenges and New Directions The Routledge Companion to Diasporic Jazz Studies traces how cultural dynamics related to "race", coloniality, gender, and politics traverse and shape jazz. Employing a cross section of approaches to the study of diasporic jazz as eloquently showcased by the entries, this book seeks to challenge the dominant jazz narratives through championing a more all-encompassing, multi-paradigmatic alternative. Bringing together contributions from authors all over the world, this volume is a vital resource for scholars of jazz, as well as professionals in the music industries and those interested in learning about the cultural and historical origins of jazz. Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents List of Contributors Preface Acknowledgements Part I What Is Diasporic Jazz? 1 Jazz as Diaspora Space 2 What Is “Jazz”? Categories, Passages, Contradictions, and Power 3 Ways of Conceptualizing the Jazz Diaspora 4 Rethinking Diaspora in Diasporic Jazz 5 Diaspora in South African Jazz History and Contemporary Performance 6 Homecomings as Jazz Diaspora: Return Migrations of US Musicians 7 Identity Politics and Diasporic Jazz: Reflections from the European Semi-Periphery Part II Histories and Counter-Narratives 8 “Snakehips Swing”: The West Indian Contribution to British Dance Band Music 9 Jazz Diaspora and the Colombian Caribbean: From the Jazz Band to the Big Band 10 Booker T. Pittman and the Mid-Twentieth Century South American Jazz Diaspora 11 Individuality in Collectivism—Jazz Clubs in the GDR as Nonconformist Diasporic Institutions 12 “Real Dance Music in Your Town Soon!” The Importance of Jazz as Dance Music in Aotearoa New Zealand 1920s–1940s 13 Jazz Diaspora, Latin Musical Influences, and Australia Part III John Whiteoak Making, Disseminating, and Consuming Diasporic Jazz 14 Music Industry and the Media 15 Public Broadcasting Companies and Jazz Outside of the United States 16 First Monday Revisited: Production and Dissemination of Diasporic Jazz in the Digital Age 17 Soviet Jazz on American Vinyl: Consuming Diasporic Jazz at Home 18 “L’Autre Musique du Québec”: Musique Actuelle and the Making of an Experimental Jazz Scene in Québec 19 Forum Jazz Indonesia: Organizing and Branding Indonesian Jazz Festivals Part IV Otto Stuparitz Culture, Politics, and Ideology 20 The Making of Jazz in Colonial Asia: Imperial Legacies 21 Jazz in the Global Arena: The Case of Colonized Bombay, 1920–1947 22 Jazz in Japan: From Post-War US-Japan Relations’ Perspective 23 Settler Colonization and Austrological Improvisative Musicality Since the Late Nineteenth Century 24 Jazz with Mapuche Inspiration: Identities and Political Links in Contemporary Chilean Jazz 25 Patient Infusion: Strategies of Community Formation in the Vietnamese Jazz Scene Part V Communities and Distinctions 26 Becoming Cultural Elites in China: Jazz, Modernization and Professionalism 27 Jauk Armand Elmaleh-Lemal and the Casablanca Jazz Scene of the 1950s and 1960s 28 DIY Jazz Cultures in Queensland, Australia 29 The Isle Is Full of Noises: Tasmania’s Unique Jazz Identity 30 Improvised Music in Wales 31 Urban Jazz Scenes in Portugal: Culture, Spaces, and Networks 32 “Conceptual Jazz” and “Jazz-Off”: Avant-Garde, Globalization, and Personal Interpretations of Jazz in Portugal—The Legacy of Jorge Lima Barreto (1968–1974) 33 Jazz City Pigeonics: Jazzloftet as a Diasporic "Ground Zero" Part VI Presenting and Representing Diasporic Jazz 34 Beyond Frontiers: From Japanese Traditional Koto to Transnational Improvised Music 35 “Säd Afrika”: Django Bates and the South African Imaginary 1985–2012 36 Bridging the Gap: Re-Rendering Jazz Practice in London’s Displaced Diasporas 37 “Angry Young Men,” Jazz, and Englishness 38 Center-Periphery Relations and European Jazz Identities 39 Jazz in Spanish Film Noir: Modernity and Youth Cultures During Late Francoism Part VII Challenges and New Directions 40 Indigeneity Meets Improvisation as Free Jazz: A Musical Director’s/Editor’s Perspective 41 Jazz as Postwar West-German Cultural Catalyst and African American Resistance 42 Vivid Stories: Oral Histories, Collective Memory, and the Scottish Jazz Scene 43 Diasporic Jazz Among the Disciplines 44 Is Jazz in Europe European Jazz?: Countries, Continents, and Cultural Ownership 45 Diasporic Jazz and the “Material Turn”: A Case Study Index