maps courtesy of popspotsnyc.com Dal 1915, in effetti, Harlem è molto attiva musicalmente con i cabaret Barron’s, Lenox Club, Connie’s Inn, Nest Club, Pod And Jerry’s, poi il celebre Cotton Club (1923-36) e il Savoy Ballroom (1926-58), in cui le migliori big band suonano per un pubblico di ballerini, oltre al teatro Apollo con i suoi “night contests” per dilettanti. Dopo la moda delle grandi orchestre (Fletcher Henderson, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Don Redman, Claude Hopkins, Lucky Millinder, Teddy Hill, Erskine Hawkins, Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb, Cootie Williams) durante gli anni ’30, arriva quella delle piccole formazioni che si esibiscono nei dintorni di Broadway, soprattutto nei club della 52a Strada, dove Coleman Hawkins, John Kirby, Roy Eldridge, Stuff Smith, gli Spirits Of Rhythm preparano il terreno per gli inventori del bebop. Questi, dopo il lavoro regolare dalle parti di Broadway e nei dancing, si ritrovano piuttosto nell’uptown, al Minton’s Playhouse o al Monroe’s Uptown House. Mentre si mpone il bebop e scompaiono i club della 52a Strada, non lontano da Broadway si aprono nuovi locali: Birdland (1949-65), Café Metropole, Basin Street East, Embers. Dopo l’episodio del jazz “cool” (fine anni ’40-inizio anni ’50) dominato dai californiani (West Coast), i jazzmen newyorkesi, appoggiati da quelli di Detroit, propongono verso il 1955 un altro mutamento del bebop: l’hard bop. É sempre a New York che John Coltrane e Charles Mingus prefigurano all’inizio degli anni ’60 le esplosioni del free jazz. <<Precedente Successivo>> Since 1915, Harlem has been very active musically with Barron's, Lenox Club, Connie's Inn, Nest Club, Pod And Jerry's, then the famous Cotton Club (1923-36) and the Savoy Ballroom (1926-58), in which the best big bands play for an audience of dancers, in addition to the Apollo Theater with its "night contests" for amateurs. After the great orchestras' fashion during the 1930s, the small one arrives formations that perform in Broadway neighborhoods. Especially in 52nd Street clubs, where Coleman Hawkins, John Kirby, Roy Eldridge, Stuff Smith, Spirits Of Rhythm prepare the ground for the inventors of the bebop. After regular work from Broadway and in dancing, these are instead found in the uptown, at the Minton's Playhouse or the Monroe's Uptown House. As the bebop begins and the clubs of 52nd Street disappear, there is not far from Broadway new premises open: Birdland (1949-65), Café Metropole, Basin Street East, and Embers. After the episode of "cool" jazz (late 1940s-early 1950s) dominated by the Californians (West Coast), the New York jazzmen, supported by those from Detroit, propose another change of the bebop towards 1955: the hard bop. In New York, John Coltrane and Charles Mingus prefigure the explosions of free jazz in the early 1960s. <<Previous Next>> |
AuthorMarco Girgenti Meli - Station Manager Archives
Aprile 2021
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