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"The Cult of
Bebop"
ISSUES:
JAZZ
CULTURE
RACE
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HISTORICAL CONTEXT
After decades of the
Depression and World War II, America was settling back into peacetime.
The Cold War was beginning, however, and Harry Truman had succeeded as
president. There were many adjustments to be made with the return
of servicemen complicating changes in domestic and professional life that
had occurred during the war.
This was on the background
of urbanisation and the second migration - of African Americans moving
northwards during the early twentieth century.
PEOPLE &
PLACES
TIMELINES
People
& Places
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Read Jon Andrew's article Memories
of 52nd Street, in DownBeat,
July, 1994. Background on the emergence and life on the night
club scene. Details the development of stars, economic situation
and job opportunity for musicians at the end of the Swing era.
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Explanations of jazz venues, such
as Harlem, Montane's and 52nd Street, and people within New York and reasons
for the citiy's rise as 'America's
Jazz Capitol'.
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Further discussion of Paul
Robeson
Timelines!!
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'Pop
History' sorted by year from the 1950s of key events in different fields.
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