Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis: A Twentieth-Century Transnational Biography

by Aaron Lefkovitz

Overview

This book examines Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis as distinctively global symbols of threatening and nonthreatening black masculinity. It centers them in debates over U.S. cultural exceptionalism, noting how they have been part of the definition of jazz as a jingoistic and exclusively American form of popular culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498567534
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/21/2021
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.52(d)

About the Author

Aaron E. Lefkovitz teaches U.S. history at Harold Washington College, The City Colleges of Chicago, and DePaul University.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter OneLouis Armstrong: Exuberant Jazz Legend & Complex Cultural Diplomat

Chapter TwoDuke Ellington: Elegant US Jazz Exceptionalist Symbol & Regal Transnational Hetero-Sexual

Chapter ThreeMiles Davis: Jazz, Blues, Rock, Funk, & Hip Hop Border Crosser

Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

There is no other text that isolates these three jazz giants. The author approaches the topic in a way that is informative and insightful.

Matt Shevitz