Becoming a follower of the Merseysippi Jazz Band: An approach from ethnography, autoethnography and social world analysis—a study in resocialization. (28th July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ekins, Richard
• Is Part Of: Jazz research journal. Volume 9:Number 1(2015)
• Page Start: 8
• Page End: 36
• Publication Date: 2015-07-28
• Subjects: autoethnography -- merseysippi jazz band -- social worlds -- new orleans jazz; Jazz -- Periodicals; Jazz -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; Jazz musicians -- Periodicals; 781.6505
• DOI: 10.1558/jazz.v9i1.21250
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1753-8637

Abstract

Abstract : This article is a study in the interrelations between ethnography, autoethnography and social world analysis as applied to a musical event – a weekly jazz residency – attended by the elderly. It illustrates the 'dying embers' of New Orleans revivalist jazz in the UK with reference to the author's resocialisation into 'classic' New Orleans revivalist jazz by members of Liverpool's Merseysippi Jazz Band, the longest established New Orleans revivalist jazz band in the UK.