Jazz migrations : movement as place among New York musicians /

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Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction. A moving scene -- The loop -- Jam session -- The scene -- History -- Home -- The village -- Conclusion. Places that move."Since the 1990s, migrant musicians have become increasingly prominent in New York City's celebrated jazz scene. Challenging norms about who can be an American jazz musician and what immigrant music should sound like, these musicians create a more mobile and diverse notion of jazz, while inadvertently contributing to processes of gentrification and institutionalization. Jazz Migrations is the first book-length study to discuss the impact of contemporary transnational migration on New York jazz, examining its effects on educational institutions, club scenes and jam sessions. As it traces the role of movement in the music of migrant musicians, it urges us to rethink genre boundaries, senses of belonging, and musical identities"--