1st Edition
Jazz in Socialist Hà Nội Improvisations between Worlds
228 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
228 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
228 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Jazz in Socialist Hà Nội: Improvisations between Worlds examines the germination and growth of jazz under communist rule—perceived as the "music of the enemy" and "ideologically decadent"—in the Vietnamese capital of Hà Nội. After disappearing from the scene in 1954 following the end of the First Indochina War, jazz reemerged in the public sphere decades later at the end of the Cold War. Since... Read more
1. Between Worlds / 2. A Nascent Discography / 3. Live Jazz / 4. Jazz at the Conservatoire / 5. Music, War and Revolution / 6. Becoming a Professional Musician / 7. Vietnam, the Socialist Bloc and Jazz / 8. Hà Nội’s Jazz Scene / 9. Coda
Biography
Stan BH Tan-Tangbau has taught at RMIT University Vietnam, Ritsumeikan University, and the National University of Singapore.
Lưu Quang Minh is former Deputy Director and architect of the jazz program at the Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM).
Quyền Thiện Đắc is the proprietor of Minh’s Jazz Club in Hà Nội and a lecturer in the Faculty of Jazz at the Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM).
