RIPM Jazz Periodicals:
Music, History, and Culture
This unique, full-text collection of rare jazz periodicals provides an invaluable window into the development and evolution of jazz and to the historical, cultural, and sociological facets of American and twentieth-century life that it permeates.
Rare Insight into Rich History
Produced by the Répertoire International de la Presse Musicale (RIPM), RIPM Jazz Periodicals is an essential tool for anyone interested in exploring the rich history surrounding jazz music. It provides users with a contemporary view of jazz history by making rare primary source materials accessible, and an almost daily chronicle of jazz history and activities across a century.
Content Highlights Include:
- Leading Jazz musicians in their own words
- Nearly 100,000 photographs
- 86,000 Reviews
Topics Covered:
- A Century of Jazz Genres
- Dixieland and Ragtime
- Swing and the Big Bands
- Bebop
- Free Jazz and Avant-Garde Music
- Fusion
- Latin Jazz
- Music and Twentieth century society
- Jazz & The Great Depression
- World War II, Music & Musicians
- Segregation & Jim Crow laws
- Civil Rights and the African-American Press
- Musician Unions & Desegregation
- Jazz and the Cold War
- The rise of Rock and Roll
- Avant-Garde and Countercultural Movements
- Jazz and its Connection to the other Arts
- Jazz as Perceived and Practiced around the World
- Entertainment Industry news:
- Reviews of Radio Shows, Films, Television programs
- Music and Musicians in Hollywood
- The Recording Industry
- Popular Musics:
- Blues
- Rock and Roll
- Rhythm and Blues
- Soul and Gospel
- Latin-American Musics
- Country and Western
- Motown and Doo-Wop
- Disco and Funk
- Music Education
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