Gigs : Jazz and the Cabaret Laws in New York City

ISBN-13: 9780415648004 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 256 str.

Paul Chevigny

Opis

In 'Gigs' Paul Chevigny describes how New York jazz musicians took on the city over its repressive licensing laws & won. He provides a study of the social, political, cultural & legal conditions surrounding a change in the law & public attitudes towards vernacular music in NYC.

Spis treści

Preface Hamish Birchall  Series Editors Introduction  1. Prelude  2. The Musicians Union  3. The Music in the Clubs  4. Regulation as Denigration  5. The Campaign to Change the Law: Lost in the Labyrinth  6. The Campaign to Change the Law: Free Expression  7. The Process of Change  8. The Lives of Musicians  9. Conclusion: Politics, Law and Music  Afterword

O autorze

Paul Chevigny is Professor of Law at New York University. He has a long-standing interest in jazz music and civil rights and has worked on problems of international human rights.