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Jazz and Cocktails : Rethinking Race and the Sound of Film Noir by Jans B. Wager (2017, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN-101477312277
ISBN-139781477312278
eBay Product ID (ePID)235019803
Product Key Features
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameJazz and Cocktails : Rethinking Race and the Sound of Film Noir
Publication Year2017
SubjectPrinted Music / Musicals, Film & TV, Film / Genres / Crime, Film / History & Criticism
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMusic, Performing Arts
AuthorJans B. Wager
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight10.1 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2016-022320
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791.43/6578
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Permissions Introduction: Nostalgia for the Lush Life Chapter 1: Pie Eye's Juke Joint: Jazz and Its Interpretations Chapter 2: The Porters and Waiters Club: Jazz, Movies, and Ogden Chapter 3: Studio Jazz from Harlem to Acapulco Chapter 4: The Blue Gardenia, Club Pigalle, and Daniel's: Charting the Alienation Effect in Film Noir Chapter 5: From Elysium to Robards, from Real to Reel Chapter 6: A Paris Bar where Miles Innovates Chapter 7: "All the Very Gay Places": Ellington and Strayhorn Swing in Northern Michigan Chapter 8: Cannoy's Club: "All Men Are Evil" Chapter 9: "Jeep's Blues" and Jazz Today Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisFilm noir showcased hard-boiled men and dangerous femmes fatales, rain-slicked city streets, pools of inky darkness cut by shards of light, and, occasionally, jazz. Jazz served as a shorthand for the seduction and risks of the mean streets in early film noir. As working jazz musicians began to compose the scores for and appear in noir films of the 1950s, black musicians found a unique way of asserting their right to participate fully in American life. Jazz and Cocktails explores the use of jazz in film noir, from its early function as a signifier of danger, sexuality, and otherness to the complex role it plays in film scores in which jazz invites the spectator into the narrative while simultaneously transcending the film and reminding viewers of the world outside the movie theater. Jans B. Wager looks at the work of jazz composers such as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, Chico Hamilton, and John Lewis as she analyzes films including Sweet Smell of Success , Elevator to the Gallows , Anatomy of a Murder , Odds Against Tomorrow , and considers the neonoir American Hustle . Wager demonstrates how the evolving role of jazz in film noir reflected cultural changes instigated by black social activism during and after World War II and altered Hollywood representations of race and music., Film noir showcased hard-boiled men and dangerous femmes fatales, rain-slicked city streets, pools of inky darkness cut by shards of light, and, occasionally, jazz. Jazz served as a shorthand for the seduction and risks of the mean streets in early film noir. As working jazz musicians began to compose the scores for and appear in noir films of the 1950s, black musicians found a unique way of asserting their right to participate fully in American life. Jazz and Cocktails explores the use of jazz in film noir, from its early function as a signifier of danger, sexuality, and otherness to the complex role it plays in film scores in which jazz invites the spectator into the narrative while simultaneously transcending the film and reminding viewers of the world outside the movie theater. Jans B. Wager looks at the work of jazz composers such as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, Chico Hamilton, and John Lewis as she analyzes films including Sweet Smell of Success, Elevator to the Gallows, Anatomy of a Murder, Odds Against Tomorrow, and considers the neonoir American Hustle. Wager demonstrates how the evolving role of jazz in film noir reflected cultural changes instigated by black social activism during and after World War II and altered Hollywood representations of race and music., With insightful analyses of the contributions of jazz composers such as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, Chico Hamilton, and John Lewis, this book considers the complex roles of jazz and race in classic film noir.
LC Classification NumberPN1995.9.J37W34 2017
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