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Hooper, Louis, 1894-1977.
Jazz musicians, Black -- Canada -- Biography.
Jazz musicians -- Canada -- Biography.
Musicians, Black -- Canada -- Biography.
Pianists, Black -- Canada -- Biography.
Pianists -- Canada -- Biography.
Music and race.
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Hooper, Louis, 1894-1977.
Jazz musicians, Black -- Canada -- Biography.
Jazz musicians -- Canada -- Biography.
Musicians, Black -- Canada -- Biography.
Pianists, Black -- Canada -- Biography.
Pianists -- Canada -- Biography.
Music and race.
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Statesman of the piano : jazz, race, and history in the life of Lou Hooper / edited by Sean Mills, Eric Fillion, and Désirée Rochat.
McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023.
Call #:
781.65092 H786s
Subjects
Hooper, Louis, 1894-1977.
Jazz musicians,
Black
--
Canada
--
Biography
.
Jazz musicians
--
Canada
--
Biography
.
Musicians,
Black
--
Canada
--
Biography
.
Pianists
,
Black
--
Canada
--
Biography
.
Pianists
--
Canada
--
Biography
.
Music and race.
Series
Carleton library ; 266.
ISBN:
9780228018803 (hc)
Alternate title:
Jazz, race, and history in the life of Lou Hooper
Description:
xviii, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes Louis Hooper's previously unpublished autobiography titled "That happy road".
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Ontario-born jazz pianist Lou Hooper (1894-1977) began his professional career in Detroit, accompanying blues singers such as Ma Rainey at the legendary Koppin Theatre. In 1921 he moved to Harlem, performing alongside Paul Robeson and recording extensively in and around Tin Pan Alley, before moving to Montreal in the 1930s. Prolific and influential, Hooper was an early teacher of Oscar Peterson and deeply involved in the jazz community in Montreal. When the Second World War broke out he joined the Canadian Armed Forces and entertained the troops in Europe. Near the end of his life Hooper came to prominence for his exceptional career and place in the history of jazz, inspiring an autobiography that was never published. Statesman of the Piano makes this document widely available for the first time and includes photographs, concert programs, lyrics, and other documents to reconstruct his life and times. Historians, archivists, musicians, and cultural critics provide annotations and commentary, examining some of the themes that emerge from Hooper's writing and music. Statesman of the Piano sparks new conversations about Hooper's legacy while shedding light on the cross-border travels and wartime experiences of
Black
musicians, the politics of archiving and curating, and the connections between race and music in the twentieth century."--Publisher.
Genre:
Music criticism and reviews.
Other authors:
Hooper, Louis, 1894-1977. That happy road.
Rochat, Désirée.
Fillion, Eric.
Mills, Sean, 1978-
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