Antipodean Riffs

Antipodean Riffs is a collection of essays on Australasian jazz and jazz in Australasia. 

Antipodean Riffs is a collection of essays on Australian jazz and jazz in Australia. Chronologically they range from what could be called the ‘prehistory’ of the music — the tradition of US-sourced African-American music that predated the arrival of music billed as ‘jazz’ — to the present. Thematically they include studies of framing infrastructural mechanisms including the media. The volume also incorporates case studies of particular musicians or groups that reflect distinctive aspects of the Australian jazz tradition.

Introduction Bruce Johnson Cultural Contexts 1. Demons of Discord Down Under: "Jump Jim Crow" and "Australia's First Jazz Band" John Whiteoak, Monash University 2. Early Jazz in Australia as Oriental Exotica Aline Scott-Maxwell, Monash University 3. Got a Little Rhythm: The Australian Influence on Swing in New Zealand during the 1930s and 1940s Aleisha Ward, jazz writer 4. Jazz in Adelaide and Melbourne in the Angry Penguins Decade Bruce Clunies-Ross, University of Copenhagen 5. Cuba Street Parade: Identity, Authenticity and Self-expression in Contemporary Australasian Jazz Scenes Nick Tipping, musician Infrastructures 6. How Jazz was Taken Out of the History of Australian Music Television Liz Giuffre, University of Technology, Sydney 7. Shotgun Weddings and Bohemian Dreams: Jazz, Family Values and Storytelling in Australian Film Christopher Coady, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney 8. Perspectives on the Melbourne International Women's Jazz Festival Marjorie Louise Denson, Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane 9. A Tale of Five Festivals: A Study of Five Australian Jazz Festivals from 2004 to 2014 Brent Keogh, Macquarie University and University of Technology, Sydney Musicians 10. 'I Wouldn't Change Skins with Anybody': Dulcie Pitt/Georgia Lee, a Pioneering Indigenous Australian Jazz, Blues and Community Singer Karl Neuenfeldt, musician 11. Lydia in Oz: The Reception of George Russell in 1960s Australia Pierre-Emmanuel Seguin, musician 12. Examining the Legend and Music of Australian Saxophonist, Frank Smith Ralph Whiteoak, doctoral student 13. Expressive Ientity in the Voices of Three Australian Saxophonists: McGann, Sanders and Gorman Sandy Evans, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney 14. Sex and the Sonic Smorgasbord - The Necks Jane Galbraith, jazz musician, Introduction Bruce Johnson Cultural Contexts 1. Demons of Discord Down Under: "Jump Jim Crow" and "Australia's First Jazz Band" John Whiteoak, Monash University 2. Early Jazz in Australia as Oriental Exotica Aline Scott-Maxwell, Monash University 3. Got a Little Rhythm: The Australian Influence on Swing in New Zealand during the 1930s and 1940s Aleisha Ward, jazz writer 4. Jazz in Adelaide and Melbourne in the Angry Penguins Decade Bruce Clunies-Ross, University of Copenhagen 5. Cuba Street Parade: Identity, Authenticity and Self-expression in Contemporary Australasian Jazz Scenes Nick Tipping, musician Infrastructures 6. How Jazz was Taken Out of the History of Australian Music Television Liz Giuffre, University of Technology, Sydney 7. Shotgun Weddings and Bohemian Dreams: Jazz, Family Values and Storytelling in Australian Film Christopher Coady, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney 8. Perspectives on the Melbourne International Women's Jazz Festival Marjorie Louise Denson, Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane 9. A Tale of Five Festivals: A Study of Five Australian Jazz Festivals from 2004 to 2014 Brent Keogh, Macquarie University and University of Technology, Sydney Musicians 10. 'I Wouldn't Change Skins with Anybody': Dulcie Pitt/Georgia Lee, a Pioneering Indigenous Australian Jazz, Blues and Community Singer Karl Neuenfeldt, musician 11. Lydia in Oz: The Reception of George Russell in 1960s Australia Pierre-Emmanuel Seguin, musician 12. Examining the Legend and Music of Australian Saxophonist, Frank Smith Ralph Whiteoak, doctoral student 13. Expressive Ientity in the Voices of Three Australian Saxophonists: McGann, Sanders and Gorman Sandy Evans, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney 14. Sex and the Sonic Smorgasbord - The Necks Jane Galbraith, jazz musician

• Edited by Bruce Johnson