AUSTRALIAN JAZZ IN POST-WAR EUROPE

A case study in musical displacement 1

Authors

  • Bruce Johnson

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/prbt.v2i3.28778

Keywords:

jazz, Australian jazz, jazz in Europe, musical influences

Abstract

Bruce Johnson's study of the influence of Australian jazz on the development of popular music in Europe, provides important 'complications' to assumptions about the global diffusion of contemporary (music) culture.

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Published

2015-10-06

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Articles

How to Cite

Johnson, B. (2015). AUSTRALIAN JAZZ IN POST-WAR EUROPE: A case study in musical displacement 1. Perfect Beat, 2(3), 49-64. https://doi.org/10.1558/prbt.v2i3.28778