JOURNAL ARTICLE

Cultural Intermediaries and the Sounds of Freedom.

  • Published In: Diplomatic History, 2023, v. 47, n. 3. P. 538 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Berliner, Brett A 3 of 3

Abstract

During the last year of the Great War, bandleader James Reece Europe and the 369th Infantry Regiment, the Harlem Hellfighters, introduced the syncopated beats of jazz to a war-weary and receptive France. Moore documents how music festivals in the 1960s employed familiar white intermediaries, now attempting to shape the reception of African American music in Africa. In the fifth chapter, Moore develops the story of Sim Copans, who in the 1940s and 1950s, under the aegis of the U.S. State Department, did regular radio shows on jazz, Negro spirituals, and folk music. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Diplomatic History. 2023/06, Vol. 47, Issue 3, p538
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Music
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0145-2096
  • DOI:10.1093/dh/dhad001
  • Accession Number:164367691
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