The Return of Jazz

Joachim-Ernst Berendt and West German Cultural Change
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84545-566-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 599 g

Jazz has had a peculiar and fascinating history in Germany. The influential but controversial German writer, broadcaster, and record producer, Joachim-Ernst Berendt (1922–2000), author of the world’s best-selling jazz book, labored to legitimize jazz in West Germany after its ideological renunciation during the Nazi era. German musicians began, in a highly productive way, to question their all-too-eager adoption of American culture and how they sought to make valid artistic statements reflecting their identity as Europeans. This book explores the significance of some of Berendt’s most important writings and record productions. Particular attention is given to the “Jazz Meets the World” encounters that he engineered with musicians from Japan, Tunisia, Brazil, Indonesia, and India. This proto-“world music” demonstrates how some West Germans went about creating a post-nationalist identity after the Third Reich. Berendt’s powerful role as the West German “Jazz Pope” is explored, as is the groundswell of criticism directed at him in the wake of 1968.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hurley, Andrew Wright

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Jazz
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

PART I: JOACHIM-ERNST BERENDT AND THE POSTWAR LEGITIMATION OF JAZZ

Chapter 1. Jazz and the divide between serious and entertainment music

Chapter 2. Dance as escape?

Chapter 3. Jazz greetings to and from the East?

Chapter 4. Jazz, race, and colourblindness

PART II: JAZZ MEETS THE (NEW) OLD WORLD: EUROPEANIZING JAZZ

Chapter 5. The blues of German jazz

Chapter 6. Emancipation and the dilemma of Volk-jazz

Chapter 7. Globe Unity: Free jazz meets European New Music

Chapter 8. Emancipation from the Jazz Pope

Chapter 9. On the uses of European jazz

PART III: JAZZ MEETS THE OTHER WORLD

Chapter 10. The Marco Polo of jazz

Chapter 11. The Goethe Institut’s jazz ambassadors strike up

Chapter 12. Japanesing jazz, or: kimono today, swing tomorrow

Chapter 13. Doing the bossa in Berlin

Chapter 14. The 1967 world-jazz encounters: An East-West jazz-divan?

Chapter 15. Finding the Blut und Boden in African roots

Conclusion: Berendt and the utopia of Weltmusik

Chronology

Discography

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hurley, Andrew Wright
Andrew Wright Hurley holds a PhD in German Studies and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Melbourne. He has published articles on jazz in Germany and Australia, as well as articles on German Cinema, cross-cultural film-making, and law. He is a lecturer in German Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Andrew Wright Hurley holds a PhD in German Studies and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Melbourne. He has published articles on jazz in Germany and Australia, as well as articles on German Cinema, cross-cultural film-making, and law. He is a lecturer in German Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney.