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Fagge, Roger J. (2018) Eric Hobsbawm and the significance of jazz. Cultural and Social History, 15 (5). pp. 745-762. doi:10.1080/14780038.2019.1568027

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/14780038.2019.1568027

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Abstract

This paper explores Eric Hobsbawm's interest in Jazz, and argues that he helped popularise the music, gave it intellectual credibility, and that his jazz writings are still relevant for jazz scholars and cultural historians. Jazz also influenced his view of history. Drawing on his recently catalogued private papers, it suggests Hobsbawm consistently argued for the historical significance of jazz, was flexible in the use of genre and sub-genre, and was aware of the role of the music business, and the way critics and writers helped shape the music's meanings. In some ways this anticipated the 'New Jazz studies'. The paper also argues that Hobsbawm wrote partly as fan, and that his penetrating analysis of jazz sometimes led him to undervalue other popular music forms.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D204 Modern History
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Journal or Publication Title: Cultural and Social History
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 1478-0038
Official Date: 2018
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2018Published
29 August 2018Accepted
Volume: 15
Number: 5
Page Range: pp. 745-762
DOI: 10.1080/14780038.2019.1568027
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Publisher Statement: “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Cultural and Social History on 21/01/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14780038.2019.1568027
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