Electro swing is a relatively recent musical style and scene which combines the music of the swing era with that of the age of electronic dance music. Chris Inglis considers key questions about electro swing’s place in contemporary society, including what it may mean for a contemporary genre to be so reliant upon the influences of the past; the different ways in which jazz may be presented to a modern audience; how one may go about defining jazz in today's postmodern world; and how this emergent genre may be analysed in terms of the wider issues of race and class consumption.
Author(s): Chris Inglis
Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 221
City: London
Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
Resurrection
Recontextualisation
Remix
1 Electro Swing as Part of a Historical Narrative
Early Innovators
Complementary Genres and Dialogues
A History of Electro Swing
The Present and the Future
Key Artists
Parov Stelar
Caravan Palace
Caro Emerald
C2C
Goldfish
Postmodern Jukebox
Chinese Man
Alice Francis
The Correspondents
Jamie Berry
Smokey Joe and the Kid
The Electric Swing Circus
Dutty Moonshine
Nick Hollywood
Chris Tofu
2 Considering Measures of Authenticity
The Authenticity of Electro Swing
Standing Up to the Various Models of Authenticity
Electro Swing and Jazz
The Davis-Marsalis Conflict
Swing and Improvisation
The Authenticity of Swing Dance
Is Electro Swing an Authentic Form of Jazz?
3 On Race and Nationality
Geographic Variation Within Electro Swing
Electro Swing in the USA
The Issue of Appropriation
Creating a More Inclusive Scene
4 On Class and the Art Spectrum
Electro Swing’s Social Background
The Image and Politics of Electro Swing
Electro Swing and Gender
Situating Genres On the High–Low Art Spectrum
The Rejection of High Art
5 The Retrospective Tendencies of Music
Looking Backwards in Electro Swing
The Rejection of Nostalgia
The Restoration of Past Styles
Historical and Ersatz Nostalgia
Conclusion
References
Index
