| Contents |
Foreword -- 1. Introduction: "The times are always contained in the rhythm" (attributed to Quincy Jones) -- 2. Literature -- Section one: Survival and emergence: From Liverpool to London -- 3. Survival: The Liverpool of William Masters -- 4. Emergence: "Gordon Stretton" -- 5. Identification: London (and Jazz) Calling! Dark Town Jingles, Billy Dorsey, "They did a Marconi test in a plane" -- 6. Fragments: A summary of Gordon Stretton's career prior to Paris via historical fragments: Advertising, promotional materials, sheet music, recordings -- Section two: Affirmation: "And so to Paris" -- 7. Affirmation -- Section three: Celebration: The Latin American adventure; Brazil and Argentina -- 8. Celebration! Gordon Stretton and transoceanic jazz -- 9. Verification: Audiovisuals and a home in Argentina -- g10. Gordon Stretton and the Anglo Argentine community in Buenos Aires -- 11. Confirmation: So, what can we learn? -- Appendix 1: Timelines -- Appendix 2: Short biographical notes on members of the Jamaican Choral Union -- Appendix 3: Brief pen pictures of a few musicians who performed with Gordon Stretton -- Appendix 4: Email received from Guy Revell, Royal Air Force Museum, London -- Appendix 5: Discography -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the authors. |
| Summary |
In charting the life and times of Gordon Stretton, this text makes a major contribution to both jazz and popular music studies. By asking historians to re-evaluate the contributions made to the development of jazz by those 'other than' African Americans, it proposes new jazz histories emanating from pathways, influences and encounters. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-311), discography (pages 293-295) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018909134 |
| ISBN | 9781498574464 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1498574467 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
