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    eT WO Black and Tan Fantasies The Jaze Blopic ularly ones mich whites and Alcan Americas seingled in ways that wee lective forbid ur der more conventional isis a pil 937, | Duke Elingionreurded th tof is several ver sons of ‘Black and Tan Fanay” When asked tout the te, Eling enpened pen the dette y tae a ‘ack aod an was a place “where peopl ofall races nd colors mined together forthe purpose of full he soa aspistons” (Dance 185). Elington was tonal ekoowladgng he misegeetic inter ‘ons tong back and whe alec, BU might ua well ae ‘een deerbing he relations fren lick a white nine of the 1920s Indet, om the et moments tha the ret notes of je wee payed in or around New Orlane in the ery teenth ent, ack ‘white mascianshve need a each olerandborowed ens Just ‘= Pal Whiteman ha ben inspite ety on by the backend Creale Sars of New Orleans an ister by mules lading Elington hit sell back arts sich = Elingon, Fletcher Henderson, and Don Re- rom al of whom wrote forthe fir Aen Ane ti bd, ely leaned gret del shout ayaphoni rs” from Whiteman orchesa “The arangemens tht Ferd Grofe ote for Whiteman m te 19265 A “Back and tan wae spate ofthe 1920 pt ‘may have been especialy importa forthe ist black jes orchestras (Caer 1988, Engin himself aways spoke highly of Whe, is spite othe contempt in which The King fe” has ben ely many us eth Stas, bok black nd white. Engin cep for Whitemaa pes back {wis das tthe Keucky Chb nthe an ewenties: “Whiteman came often 5+ genuine ethan, Iened respect sd is words of Courage very deel sipped the pmo payer +d nd very lowly procaned out ssl er” Cingon 1973, 103) (eure, Elingons knowles of ymphone jee wasnt ony the ‘esl of is xpaste to Whiteman A Mark Tucker he write, Eling ton was already well acquainted wih a Alcan American symphonic tzaion daring hs youth in Washington, D.C. wht he ould hase ean Will Marion Caok, Janes Sse Fare, Ford Dabey laher 1995), 110) Allof dese Alrean American composers led ge groupe fof musians atone une or another, although thelr msc prebbly ‘rol be considered “prj” our contemporary nar sete ofthe ‘Busch evolution, Neveress lingo suey aborted crete son fom thie ait that be wold combine with what he ates packed {pin Harlem fom mow overly jssinfectedcompseruranges. tn partcular, Hlington need othe workof Noble SsleandEubie Hae, ‘who wrote the suceofl Broadway show Sle log ond Wl ede, sho di ermgenents forthe Zig Fae and who orhestted ‘George Gerhwats Be Monday for George Whites Suindal fn 1922! asp of Hae at Club Uvex exposed omy ofthe sae ‘Mack inuenoss as Engin. He weuld als lave known Anca Ate ‘an symphonic groupe each asthe New Anisedatn Orchestra, which ‘ive concern 1921 ws fywe Nepo muscan, luding Wiliam ‘Gao Sl, Ralph Escudero, and Rosell rath (Allen 1973, 1) Hender son too, homers, even before he ef Georgi for New York enjoyed tengo the mon of Pl Whiteman (Allen 1973 4), and much of the Symphonic masse be beard hat wa played by blacks in the 19208 was ‘os modeled on Europes muse, Don Renan whoarived in New York in 1023 at ough he same te a Flington, was the 2 of « Imus teacher & child prodigy who played mle wind instrument ‘nclding oe before he was vel, Henan tr ected an exceasine ‘efucition in European cls mise a the Chicago and Boson cose ‘ores Hisaringements for Fletcher Hendenonshad preceded thee 66 cuseren smo of tenderion bimeel and show the uiliy of white” mnscl ating for jar aranger Althogh i Inds ewe that mach of the thie sing msc ofthe 1950s znd 1940s ws dried black ei ‘ms ts alo trae hat these sate lak ions emerged om he oe sevon of ack with Fatopean tic nd whie American pesfonmer Needles to sy these interactions were not enya tenn Eling ton dey implies in bis characters of te back an tes. the ‘ely decades ofthe cent for example, Backs in New Orean were hot allowe to join the Amecan Feertor of Musici; wen the lighsskimed sombonst Daye Palins maried his back cldod Stetheart znd mopped passing for white, heel union oils to ith he lest bison ed (CE, Smit 15, 45) tater, white band leaders and impresario ether ignored black atte ety unerpid them of swindled the ot of lg potons helenae earings Tn the minds of many jase enthuses, whites have played pay asic role the story of ze, basomingrich with hei ations of lack innovators As Lester Young sumone t hve sid, “Stn ge the money” Although the nae of white parses mich oo simple, thous question whit marcans hae reap pratt reads om he Tong sory of musta muscal borrowings The ety tres fa ‘ten dene the etent to which whites boone fc. Fer ex tmpe, Henry Osgood So Th I fzs (1026) the Be pblised bok, to se the word ea” lee devted moat ely to pang ‘Whatman spd George Grin for improving the ust folk musi of Blacks. One yeat ner wat the appearence of The Je Sige Hel sroed made the tof ny aking fn the repress the vl of lc ‘uscane in the development of jz fai shaper Ia concereed vith ns that nate the fe istriesof aze i Ip pil ate on to the elaorte mntenance of white begemoty though several decades of making expecially hen jc lol. Ty making my ast ill neces rete several le Gace in chape Geass "TheJaz Sager provdes the base nari othe ves faz and pope Jar musicians the movies If this argunent nes tat sometime er 195 the naratse must blog to pop roeker only rive the power of he rg 1927 Bm to determine how Halymood tl the sos of popula maine I sno stce hit this nse naratve marked “wt Only allowing only exceptional perines lie Nat King Cole jortes 67 oes he ln. For bac ant, crossover sucess neve seme a Inwrnblea it for Jolson ands socesos and mecca myth fy bas never ben s deeply veto nso aout ale acing the American dieam. Although Jewish men tthe ovis seul ‘lee that par ofthe ream tht includes mariage «Gentle woman, Follywod as never elebrned interac mariage asthe gn of lack tists sume. (Compue, for example, Bilt The Bemy Goodman Sp) For Afcan American msi, the bse nama bebe ery ‘iferent Vance Boul ba alle "The tony” he Sry som ie hs mos of pt, ray he dae sy beeen vn be cans and te came mae ed ‘elec ol inet ede en a ‘eum obese Behar potential cant Mac) ges malo {Goto Nt th ssl and rope The Siey might bs oman, ipannavaldene (Gopay U8! 9) {a the rl tdi of American az, “The Soy” probably hens wt ‘Buy olden, he legendary woecondel peter whose uame pets fn the recollection a many New Orleans jr planers. In 1007, = pe ‘veny-rine Boden was iaionlized for eaity he East Lous hs Sere Hospital, where Renemained wl is deat 1931, cording tolegend he never played agin afer Ms stonlzton But no one Tuite novel ora film aoutd the ony of olden ile es rack er ‘oth Boury std Michel Jaret (1996) conier Michael Ondsnes ‘inofal tennant of he Bolen Tegrd Coming Sgh Sagi (G976), 0 be one ofthe fies of al jax aves For Boul The Story” fs appears imprint at Young Ma with «Horn, Dorothy Bakers 138 norel aboot whe as musa, The 1950 sim adaption ofthe ‘nove alo calledYoug Man with ators ected by Mie Cue for Warne Bros in 1950, The snarl changes “Te Story under ‘peatas it nade de wasn fom nove! to ln prove dhe beginnings for laser dsnesion of es opi, epectal those ha, ike Yung, Man wit aor, mast protec white sje fom the overwhelm ‘black presence he Moy ofa. ‘rong Mam with Horn te a noe atthe opeing of er novel, Dorothy Baker sy hat she was tnspred bythe mac of core player Leon “Be” Bedrock bt nt by be ble merci, who wat teenygh years ld in 1931 when he ‘edo peamonia and the effects of cual danking shares Buddy 88 caneren Two Bolen nti a wel ls doth date (Gabe 1995, 79) Toy. Bet trbecke i almost anvesaly regarded a he st portant white jz ‘must, Baker probly ised hat she vs ot wring ie of Bel ttbecke because ile had been writen abot hin dri the dade dich he dled. Boul as sid that the Net thing about the noel ls tile C987, 4). fe, Baler ook ber te, along wid much the ‘Beierbecke myth om 21936 New Republic by Os ergo 2Ta this sey “Young Man with Hor,” Ferguson became one of he fst ‘sto wre aout Relerbecke, Ferguson not exploit the Kean ‘poten nthe mussans Me ht ae Bakerdistoveed history i easy to romantic As the mythlogzed pogentor of several pnerations of young whites aspiring t play je, Beldeicke occupies a unique place Inthe history ofthe muse The phate “Bice!” preceded th appear ance ofthe grafte “Bil lve," eerene to anchersel-desactre {Ez genus, now alo pare of Holywood ny? Because te in of amg Man wh or sujet the ie ad sie of debacle even moreBatant wanfomadons Scent work ing tle fords chapter was “x des" Tomy surge, Laubegucnly lscovered that thse are aimos the etat weds hat open Hongy Cem thal book The Stats Road (1946), This is of Carmichael to t= tobigrapies epnrand ends wth he sth of eiderbecke, whom Ca ‘mice Imew and. recorded with Geuelly (Bedeseckes lat recordings were mace a2 Carmichael Sesion. My rear on met Hay Carmichael beaner he plage leah file of ung lo wt {Hom that ears both digre and exadegetc Ae he Pane Playing characte Wile Willoughby (dhe sme has the sare rythm a= "logy Carmichie, be inv the adace wo perceive ln both at the ellison mosian- Me, the tse, peril by Bab Willer, wae extaontinaly aire eau the must of Biderbecke and several ofthe ene with ‘thick be rcorded. Told in sets of ashbcks, the deg never ven ‘areal belore 192, 9 mention made of the ODJB orf Bader Tees cy eres il lest, Br fa etn f aL end doe det the cormestsexpearef Pal Mares i Chicago, Bi ‘meting with Carmichael, an emly perlormanc of he Welrerine at 2 dimer st India Unses. and noreross sessions. with Paul ‘iitoman Jean Golde, na other love ows in a scenes the ‘Gindeel Baltcom inthe New York of 19244 house scien brags ‘hat the Cinderella pack, even tow Hendemons ocho ‘or has ben filing Roseland eer nigh sinc he ddon of tat id ‘ho wie with Oller band” A woe off soe gs the tame: A strong” The honse mucin comin, “Evenbadye going nits ove tim Hex prety ough tobe” Endof convention AlSough mamerase ‘sek servants and Uboren appear throuphow the Bim, thre a 06 ‘lack masts, and ths one of dlogue the ony me hat even the nt ofan Alien Arercan ars coed ‘Young Man with e Horn coud have wth sone justin, adoped thie ame approach to eresng the lack masa presen fm Beer becky Ie, And yet the ln sth black Ae Hasand out of Dorothy Hakers ove and mas him it Hck Maron her, mother, teacher, and mesa nspation. As with Kil Ory in Te Berm Goodman Stn [ite black mentor eventually dlers he obligor speech in wich the Fete stent congratulated for outslsing the mentor Young Man tha Hom demonetates that Horwood baa genie ned to bring ik Hak arcs that ite nscies cond stp the [Fhe waste cae eren when, a Inthe case ofeierbeckes Ue, i wa5 pot acalynecesry ‘lack Masi and the Sexal Matortion of the White ass Hero ‘The Jax Singer ot jst about Oil resnctiaton and sacceta “ssimlaion ne the get Ampercanmsinrean The le lo boat ‘Tack Robins serial coming of age: he wines lve of Mary Dale. - thovgh (end perhaps bess) he ol singing pssontely 10 Ms other 2 then ends aon between Maty an Jck is iiy fetta by hs booing of seul fom Asean Americans. As Mi ‘hae! Ron (19928) pms ou aa rial moment in her Feloaship Jk pon bart cr wile Mary i Hlecvey ann dace Nei Jack oe Many parm heey ch at ei sel ‘Bec jek wes Ma shah ren Wet on ed ‘Rach cing hee and posting om» Buk mol wi ary Sie sty ac al ele i ry ‘on May wre 2 pist e aSang a ack ‘es epg, May tomer abe hi oga 9 #2) ‘er exaggerated fet complements hs grinning black sr ace ‘Asa blaklice mits ack covers oe the ewshness hat might bock ‘seen asinltion And Roy uggs, Jaks ence pussy adds pathos more hen rence to sea, ‘Many ofthe white az biopic an steht more expe abu the Impact of lick sexuality on the hte fete. Rather than alsions rough blakac, many ofthe ln ring on ral lack mca to ‘owaer smal power f the progonis. Seceines hs sexta seer ‘linked othe moment wh he white here win the dato of the Hack artss he has surpned. Beany Goods eanion ith Kd On ‘who was presente young Henny st eal hulation, takes place ist Benny is about to begin surly romanctng Ale Sis in og Man ih Hom, Are Huard decaatin of Rick Mas super vty a+ tempeter comes jot before the here bens Ms ison th “Lauren call. There are smile Scenes in The Gm Miler Soy and The Fe Pens In Bet, he young white protons in bth fis come of ape inrenulably sina encounter wth Lvl Aston, 1h The Glow Miler Soy the eptynons eo (James Stewart) and hie wf are on thelr wed igh when they eve at Connie fn, te legeary jas spot in he Hale of the 1920s, Tey ibe bodes guar in eegpaas hey ten fo Aston his band work ther nay through “Basin Sea Hues” Miers coyigly wioleome wife June Allysin apeas uncomfortable ia th foreign loa with an ht ing ally mined paonage. and legal spine, 9 ibenon Gene Krups Eventual Arron nes Miler and several othe wm ‘Scans to om him onthe bandstand and then ches them on they ‘ole Mile has ony this one neracion wih Back et, a5 Arm ‘Song were preparing hi or he eral ination of wedding gh Miles sequin of sera tity i asocated wi i cepanee ‘yy Armsrog at alr nightl Anmstong play ssh ager roe Te Five emis Like Beier becke, Red cbole developed is syle om stesing to corns ‘wht groups he grew up in Utah, Nichols played bil with Bede becke a the end of he lowans and sogeher the tuples mark the besonng of jz radon in which te instramet play th es ofthe intent associated wih Back trmpters In The ive Peres 16, Ars et Hop, mash eg wh ‘gona Jans St hae Ajo a Te Ge le pesanernsonl Jey Ofinges Mone Mactal ve, in The Glenn ler Stor youn Sooo bao white miscan ‘ce asin journeys up to Harem ober rmron, ed nce agi he hero coeammtessromite reaionship with « woman ined fer he performs ith he ack tuner anc dei liquor fom ee. up, Specialy Danny Kye a5 Re Nichole eves lovers Ks om urbara Bel Geddes on ther way out of the Pare dab. even though Shes povtayed as ace gil from Srookja on bet fist dete with ‘Wha i new in The Five emis he atte given Armstong ashe sos hiwel at the expe of white prin, Neches hs jas eed from Vath wth the conricion that he an outa a trampeter in New York (Although Anastong himself sive New York to ply ith Tletcher Henderson at roughly the same time that Nichols cxne to the iy he ln shows Aston lating his own band and singing Bl Bailey") Draken batho gn, Nios isis on joining in wth Ame sro snd is and, Neda hapa snd genet come yer Open Armetong: North Opes oeScth Os? yal Gabel you lene “exactly the ste wy, What do you do thes? a scmerong Ju lke upp’ signage the shoe yi Hows Although The Five Penne once again pests dhe otf the intel Improving black aust versus he carfly ned white masa, the fm gas Among «poston of atleast eperay superior, ren llowing bi to deliver tele about the “dele bid wth ts Sea ‘mockery decline the white mn lace Final gracing him per sion to play Amsseong ware Nichol, “Dont ok back or jou be trampled zo deh Too ltoxcate to pcr adequately Nichols Ihe hunted when Aston elle the audience “Eacse ols Somebody ust have put aloha aout iguon" Nees os, Ar ‘strong doesnot renner of Nabe inthe is scene tthe Hale lguor Nichole retims to jin Arto in conncingchons fa enn of th Repblc Suitably ipeed, Armstrong cll ater the eparng comers “Yeah Ge that boys lene mer, He caught the righngale” The womens socialized by the lovers ks Nihal then recies from the wont he has stmt as well nthe eontiaton of te bid imagery wth long aster of pale comotons.* “Armatrog seven preset tthe il wea Red Nichols econclld vas hs daughter howe sak of polo Nicol id bared os bis oma neglgene and exceie devotion to Ms aes, Thong Jae Singer ad Separated ati recontiaon fom tw heros bce aden tures erssover Sexy Te moto he as biopic, Blk sexs is import only atthe heros sexal awakening: H wend yt, ‘whitefly harmony nota ee tat voles Hack nates (ules ‘he back ma is etd, Thea That Rk the Cra (1992). Pt the dimax of The Fine Penns, gen even more importance hes he tromptt/ero§ etm wo playing afr a long shen. shows Nichole

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