Russia and the Creation of Jazz in the British Everyday Imaginary
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/jazz.37811Keywords:
Race, primitivism, Russian music, British music, early jazzAbstract
This essay considers the role played by images of Russia and Russian culture in conjuring the earliest appearances of jazz in the everyday British imaginary.
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