Marabi Nights: Early South African Jazz and Vaudeville

140 Pages·1994·83.885 MB·English

by  Christopher Ballantine

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Ravan Press
Johannesburg
First published by Ravan Press
PO Box 31134 Braamfontein 2017
South Africa
© Christopher Ballantine 1993
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First published 1993
Second impression 1994
ISBN 0 86975 439 4
Cover design: Monica Seeber, Ravan Press
DTP setting and design: Ravan Press
The financial assistance of the Centre for Science Development (HSRC,
RSA) towards the publication of this work is hereby acknowledged.
Opinions expressed in this publication and conclusions arrived at are not
necessarily to be attributed to the Centre for Science Development
Printed by Kohler Carton & Print (Natal)
To the memory of my father
Ronald Ballantine,
scientist, musician and mentor:
whose deeply intelligent curiosity about the world
was always such a powerful inspiration
— and who died shortly before the completion of this book.
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Contents
LSO o o e s SNl s o B s PR s e IR
ERREA Ioe mCen( s' D0, B L Add L s s SR R LG xi
MARABI NIGHTS
Memory, History and Context:
BN IMIEAUCHON aANd OVEIVIEW . v« v oo oo e s s s onssineessesssssaaie 1
CONCERT AND DANCE
The Foundations of Black Jazz in
South Africa Between the 1920s and the Early 1940s. ............ 11
MUSIC AND EMANCIPATION
The Social Role of Black Jazz and Vaudeville
in South Africa Between the 1920s and the Early 1940s ......... 39
MUSIC AND REPRESSION
Race, Class and Gender in Black South African
JazzaiCupu'tlo tthue rEaerl y 1940s.. .. .. 000 i ivevicn e ve. . 03