Research Note: Jazz, Radio, & Modernism

"Much of the motivation for the Harlem Renaissance derived from [the] desire to be respected as artists. Likewise, the developing radio industry touted its potential to enlighten and educate the masses by bringing informative and culturally sophisticated entertainment to American's living rooms."

Charles J. Shindo. 1927 and the Rise of Modern America, pp. 137-138.

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Research Note: Jazz, Radio, & Modernism

"The radio industry [...] served as the primary instrument in the creation of jazz as a national music, and the growing popularity of national broadcasts in 1926 coincided with the appearance of more jazz music on the air. By 1927, jazz had finally discovered a truly national audience, and radio surpassed earlier media as the primary transmitter of jazz music."

Court Carney, Cuttin’ Up: How Early Jazz Got America’s Ear, page 91.

Research Note: Jazz, Radio, & Modernism

"[The radio industry and the writers of the Harlem Renaissance] deepened the connection between jazz and modernism. As many Americans drifted away from 19th Century Victorianism, a new spirit of moral, cultural discontent framed intellectual debate. Writers directed much of this discourse, but jazz illustrated their prose assertions with its combination of folk tradition, African primitivism, and a musical potency detached from the previous century. As radio produced a larger national audience for a new music, and the writers of the Harlem Renaissance crafted a new language of Modernity, jazz came to define a decade, a generation, and a nation."

Court Carney, Cuttin’ Up: How Early Jazz Got America’s Ear, pages 86-87.

Bitches' Brew Radio Special

Coming up next week on 90.3 FM and KWUR.com!

Playlist: August 12, 2010

All vinyl except for the track by Theodore (who have vinyl records but I wanted to play a track recorded at the radio station). Wish I had seen the copy June 1, 1974 in the stacks before the end of the show. A live version of "Baby's on Fire" would have been the perfect conclusion. Oh, well, next time, kids.

Yung Wu * * * Big Day * * * Shore Leave * * * Coyote

Roxy Music * * * Amazona * * * Stranded * * * Atco

Brian Eno * * * King's Lead Hat * * * Before and After Science * * * Island

Japan * * * Gentlemen Take Polaroids * * * Gentlemen Take Polaroids * * * Virgin

David Sylvian & Robert Fripp * * * Jean the Birdman * * * The First Day * * * Virgin

David Bowie * * * Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) * * * Aladdin Sane * * * RCA

The Lucy Show * * * Land and the Life * * * Mania * * * Big Time

Winter Hours * * * Waiting for the Thunder * * * Leaving Time * * * Link

Generation X * * * Ready, Steady, Go * * * Generation X * * * Chrysalis

Theodore * * * Abiline * * * KWUR Stack Session 10-24-09 * * * KWUR

Velvet Underground * * * After Hours * * * Live at Max's Kansas City * * * Atlantic

John Cale * * * Soul of Carmen Miranda * * * Words for the Dying * * * Opal

Playlist: August 12, 2010

Piotr Tomaszewski (Astor Piazzola) * * * Verano Porteno * * * Los Colores de la Guitarra * * * Accord

Eli Paperboy Reed * * * Young Girl * * * Come and Get It * * * Capitol

Mighty Diamonds * * * Why Me Black Brother Why * * * Right Time * * * Front Line

Orquesta Los Embajadores con Camilio Azuquita * * * Shingalin en Panama * * * Panama! 3 * * * Soundway

Hot Club of Detroit * * * Night Town * * * Django's Monkey * * * Mack Avenue

Sun Ra * * * The Perfect Man * * * The Singles * * * Evidence

Janelle Monae * * * Sir Greendown * * * Archandroid * * * Bad Boy/Atlantic

Cassandra Wilson * * * Dust My Broom * * * Loverly * * * Blue Note

Two Gospel Keys * * * You've Got to Move * * * Classic African American Gospel * * * Smithsonian-Folkways

Regina Carter * * * N'Teri * * * Reverse Thread * * * Entertainment

Anthony Braxton * * * Side Two, Cut Three * * * New York, 1974 * * * Arista

Food (Thomas Stronen, Iain Bellamy, Christian Fennesz) * * * Mictyris * * * Quiet Inlet * * * ECM

Playlist: August 5, 2010

Son House * * * John the Revelator * * * Step Right Up! * Mojo

Regina Carter * * * Full Time * * * Reverse Thread * * * Entertainment

Food (Thomas Stronen & Iain Ballamy) * * * Fathom * * * Quiet Inlet * * * ECM New Series

Max Roach and Anthony Braxton * * * Tropical Forest * * * Birth and Rebirth * * * Black Saint

Henri Dutilleux (Robert Levin and Ya-Fei Chuang) * * * Resonances * * * D'ombre et de silence * * * ECM New Series

Marcus Roberts * * * Heart of the Blues * * * Blues for the New Millennium * * * Columbia

Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, and Charlie Haden * * * Cherokee * * * Alone Together * * * Blue Note

Eli Paperboy Reed * * * Pick Your Battles * * * Come and Get It * * * Capitol

Cassandra Wilson * * * Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most * * * Loverly * * * Blue Note