Talk that music talk passing on brass band music in New Orleans the traditional way /
Learning to play by ear is a unique part of becoming a musician in New Orleans. This life history and photography project explores the traditional methods of teaching brass band music in the city that gave birth to jazz. The bands, social and pleasure clubs, schools and churches come to life with ev...
| Main Author: | Barnes, Bruce Sunpie, 1963- |
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| Other Authors: | Breunlin, Rachel, |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Orleans, Louisiana :
University of New Orleans Center for the Book,
[ 2014]
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| Physical Description: |
v, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 31 cm. |
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| Summary: |
Learning to play by ear is a unique part of becoming a musician in New Orleans. This life history and photography project explores the traditional methods of teaching brass band music in the city that gave birth to jazz. The bands, social and pleasure clubs, schools and churches come to life with evocative interviews that provide a rare window into a musical culture that is restless, growing and sublime. |
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| Item Description: |
All interviews in Talk That Music Talk were conducted by Bruce Sunpie Barnes and Rachel Breunlin between March 2012 and October 2014"--Page 291. Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-292) and index. Learning to play by ear is a unique part of becoming a musician in New Orleans. This life history and photography project explores the traditional methods of teaching brass band music in the city that gave birth to jazz. The bands, social and pleasure clubs, schools and churches come to life with evocative interviews that provide a rare window into a musical culture that is restless, growing and sublime. |
| Physical Description: |
v, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 31 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-292) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781608011070 1608011070 |