Gigs: Jazz and the Cabaret Laws in New York City

ISBN-13: 9780415347006 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 248 str.

Paul Chevigny

Opis

This book provides a much-needed study of the social, political, cultural and legal conditions surrounding a change in law and public attitudes toward vernacular music in New York City.

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.