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[Bruce Vermazen] ☆ That Moaning Saxophone: The Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze ☆ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. That Moaning Saxophone: The Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze Cleverly weaving together biographical details and the context of the burgeoning entertainment business, the author draws fascinating portraits of the pre-jazz world of American popular music, the theatrical climate of the period, and the long, slow death of vaudeville.Delving into the career of one of the key popularizers of the saxophone, That Moaning Saxophone not only illuminates the history of this novel instrument, but also offers a witty and vivid portrayal of these forgotten mus
| Title | : | That Moaning Saxophone: The Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.38 (733 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195165926 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-13 |
| Language | : | English |
Vermazen follows the brothers, and Tom in particular, year to year and show to show, with varying degrees of success at picking out the telling details that bring both the age, and the brothers, to life. Vermazen, a professor emeritus of philosophy at UC Berkley, has written a thoughtful exploration of an instrument and a family, and in doing so, has managed to capture not only the birth of a musical craze, but a pivotal and turbulent moment in America’s history. They took an instrument that until then had languished in relat
Cleverly weaving together biographical details and the context of the burgeoning entertainment business, the author draws fascinating portraits of the pre-jazz world of American popular music, the theatrical climate of the period, and the long, slow death of vaudeville.Delving into the career of one of the key popularizers of the saxophone, That Moaning Saxophone not only illuminates the history of this novel instrument, but also offers a witty and vivid portrayal of these forgotten musical worlds.. In only a few short years, however, saxophones appeared in music shops across America and became one of the most important instrumental voices. How did the saxophone get from comic to cool?Bandleader Tom Brown claimed that i
Bruce Vermazen couldn't wait to retire from his thirty-eight-year teaching career, spent mostly in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, to pursue his interest in music, as both a cornetist and a writer. He now lives in San Diego with his spouse, Juan Miguel Godoy, a professor of Spanish a
Wallace Matson said An Era Recreated. An amazing piece of research that in Vermazen's vivid writeup brings back the whole story of vaudeville at its height and in its decline. I started reading with zero interest in saxophones and never having heard of the Brown Brothers. At the end I was mourning as at the demise of a beloved close relative.. F. Behrens said The sad story of the decline and death of vaudeville. > Why should anyone want to read a book about a once popular vaudeville act that almost no one today remembers? My question exactly when I saw a copy of Bruce Vermazen's "That Moaning Saxophone: the Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze" (Oxford, "The sad story of the decline and death of vaudeville" according to F. Behrens. > Why should anyone want to read a book about a once popular vaudeville act that almost no one today remembers? My question exactly when I saw a copy of Bruce Vermazen's "That Moaning Saxophone: the Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze" (Oxford, 200The sad story of the decline and death of vaudeville F. Behrens > Why should anyone want to read a book about a once popular vaudeville act that almost no one today remembers? My question exactly when I saw a copy of Bruce Vermazen's "That Moaning Saxophone: the Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze" (Oxford, 2004). I gave it a try and found it fascinating reading. Of course, I a. ). I gave it a try and found it fascinating reading. Of course, I a. 00The sad story of the decline and death of vaudeville F. Behrens > Why should anyone want to read a book about a once popular vaudeville act that almost no one today remembers? My question exactly when I saw a copy of Bruce Vermazen's "That Moaning Saxophone: the Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze" (Oxford, 2004). I gave it a try and found it fascinating reading. Of course, I a. ). I gave it a try and found it fascinating reading. Of course, I a. Kevin M. Ramos-Glew said Read it!! Understand Jazz and Be Inspired. I am currently studying the history of jazz in grad school at Dartmouth, and nothing proved to be more informative or inspired than Vermazen's book. Read it. It is a key resource for best understanding this American cultural entity. Not only is it beautifully written, but "That Moaning Saxophone" inspires one to read, cook, drive, a
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