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Jazz
Rubrik: Feuilletons - 197 Presseschau-Absätze - Seite 2 von 14
Feuilletons 25.01.2012 […] goldene Jazzjahre vor: Naresh Fernandes' "Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay?s Jazz Age". "Jazz was poor man?s music from New Orleans. In India, it was the sahib?s music, initially at least. And yet, it was sometimes the background score to landmark moments in Indian and Bombay history. For example, it was jazz that was playing in the Taj Ballroom the night of 14 August 1947. At midnight, when […] when India became a free country, the bands, led by Micky Correa and Chic Chocolate, played Jana Gana Mana. Also, jazz did not remain a pastime of the elite for long. Bollywood soon incorporated it in its music, taking the genre to the masses." Naresh Fernandes hat eine Webseite für das Buch mit wunderbaren Hörproben!
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