Swedish Jazz in the United States

ISBN-13: 9781032189338 / Miękka / 2023 / 204 str.

Mischa van Kan

Opis

Swedish Jazz in the United States: Swede and Cool traces and analyzes the dissemination and reception of jazz from Sweden in the United States during the period of 1947-1963, establishing an American interest in Swedish jazz at a time long regarded as a predominantly American era.

Spis treści

1. Swingin’ Swedes in the United States / 1.1. Jazz and Sweden After the War / 1.2. Swedish Jazz and the International Record Industry / 1.3. Claes Dahlgren / 1.4. Feather Lauds Swedish Jazz / 1.5. Jazz Around the World / 1.6. Imported from Sweden / 2. Swedish Jazz Is Swedish Modern / 2.1. Records as Mediators / 2.2. New Sounds from Sweden / 2.3. Swedish Modern / 2.4. Danny’s Dream / 2.5. Bengt Hallberg / 2.6. Smörgåsbord of Swedish Jazz / 2.7. The Audience for Swedish Jazz / 3. Of White Men from the Cool North / 3.1. Notions of Europe and Jazz as an Art Form / 3.2. Nationality and Ethnicity / 3.3. Swedish Jazz and the Question of Race / 3.4. Swedish Masculinity and Femininity / 3.5. Consuming Swedish Jazz as a Performance of American Hipness / 4. The Transnationality of Swedish Jazz / 4.1. Americans in Sweden, Swedish Recordings in the United States / 4.2. The American Meaning of Swedish Jazz / 4.3. Transnational Perspectives on Swedish Jazz in the United States

O autorze

Mischa van Kan is Senior Lecturer in Musicology at Linnaeus University, Sweden.