As Long As They Can Blow. Interracial Jazz Recording And Other Jive Before 1935

Stephen Provizer

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English

Stephen Provizer
18 December 2023

Music; Music reviews & criticism; Discographies & buyer's guides; Literary essays

The overarching goal of As Long As They Can Blow is to show the mutual respect that black and white jazz musicians had for each other and how a shared love of the music and the relative privacy of the recording studio resulted in hundreds of early interracial jazz recordings. At the book's heart is the first discography of these sessions ever put together and a concise list that can be used for quick access to those sessions. There is a brief history of the recording industry, with an emphasis on how the industry dealt with the question of race, as well as a list of formal and informal interactivity between black and white jazz musicians outside the recording studio. Finally, there is a piece in the voice of Mezz Mezzrow and one in the voice of Eddie Condon, both of whom were active in interracial sessions. The facts are there, but the author uses techniques of creative non-fiction to put them into story form.

By: Stephen Provizer
Imprint: Stephen Provizer
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9798892923729
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 18 December 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stephen Provizer is a musician (brass) who has been writing about jazz since the 1990's. His work can be found in publications like Coda, Downbeat, Syncopated Times, AllAboutJazz.com, Forward, Artsfuse.org and at his blogs--interracialjazz.com and brilliantcornersbostonjazz.blogspot.com