1st Edition

Encounters with Jazz on Television in Cold War Era Portugal 1954–1974

By Pedro Cravinho Copyright 2022
228 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Encounters with Jazz on Television in Cold War Era Portugal: 1954–1974 explores the relationship between jazz and television by investigating the experiences of performers and producers in one of the last European colonial states (Portugal) during a period of political and social repression and global isolation. This new model of systemic analysis reveals a paradoxical interrelationship... Read more

Introduction / Part I: Jazz Culture and Television in Portugal / 1. Laying the Groundwork: The Early History of Jazz in Portugal / 2. The Medium: The Emergence of Television in Portugal / Part II: Encountering Jazz on Portuguese Television / 3. Jazz on Early Television / 4. "Live! Live on Air": Jazz in the Studios / 5. Under US Influence: Manuel Jorge Veloso and the Newport Jazz Festival TV Series / Part III: The "Jazz Subversive": Manuel Jorge Veloso and the TV JAZZ Series / 6. "In the World of Jazz": The Birth of TV JAZZ / 7. The TV JAZZ Series and the Arrival of European Jazz / Coda: The International Cascais Jazz Festival (1971–1973) / Conclusion

Biography

Pedro Cravinho is a Senior Research Fellow at Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research and the Keeper of the Archives at Birmingham City University, United Kingdom, as well as a member of the Transdisciplinary "Culture, Space and Memory" Research Centre (CITEM) in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Porto, Portugal.