Musicians including Jack White, writers, and critics come together to discuss the first volume of The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1917-1932, a new exploration of the label’s early recordings.
Featuring Jack White (pictured), Dean and Scott Blackwood, Daphne A. Brooks, and Greil Marcus.
Paramount Records was founded on a modest proposition: produce records as cheaply as possible, recording whatever talent was available. Over its lifetime (1917-1932), the label compiled a dizzying array of performers still unrivaled to this day, spanning early jazz titans (Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller), blues masters (Charley Patton, Skip James), American divas (Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters), gospel, vaudeville, hillbilly, and more. But how did a Wisconsin chair company, run by men with little knowledge of their audience or the music business, build one of the greatest musical rosters ever assembled under one roof? How and why were its fortunes directly linked to the Great Migration, and what is Paramount’s legacy today?
LIVE from the NYPL presents an evening of musical exploration and conversation, unpacking the label’s rich history and celebrating the first volume of The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1917-1932 , an epic omnibus jointly released by Jack White’s Third Man Records and Revenant Records. The program features a discussion with White, Revenant’s Dean Blackwood, and Princeton professor and author Daphne A. Brooks, and close examinations of recordings from Paramount’s catalogue by authors Greil Marcus and Scott Blackwood. Plus a special exhibition of artifacts from The New York Public Library’s Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound curated specifically for this occasion will be on display before and after the event, exclusively for attendees.
Attendees will receive a free 78 RPM record specially pressed for the event from Third Man and Revenant Records featuring two fiery sermons from the Paramount catalog. Ticket purchasers will also automatically be entered into a raffle to win the first volume of The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1917-1932.
When: Tue., Nov. 19, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
476 Fifth Ave.
917-275-6975
Price: $25
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Musicians including Jack White, writers, and critics come together to discuss the first volume of The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1917-1932, a new exploration of the label’s early recordings.
Featuring Jack White (pictured), Dean and Scott Blackwood, Daphne A. Brooks, and Greil Marcus.
Paramount Records was founded on a modest proposition: produce records as cheaply as possible, recording whatever talent was available. Over its lifetime (1917-1932), the label compiled a dizzying array of performers still unrivaled to this day, spanning early jazz titans (Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller), blues masters (Charley Patton, Skip James), American divas (Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters), gospel, vaudeville, hillbilly, and more. But how did a Wisconsin chair company, run by men with little knowledge of their audience or the music business, build one of the greatest musical rosters ever assembled under one roof? How and why were its fortunes directly linked to the Great Migration, and what is Paramount’s legacy today?
LIVE from the NYPL presents an evening of musical exploration and conversation, unpacking the label’s rich history and celebrating the first volume of The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1917-1932 , an epic omnibus jointly released by Jack White’s Third Man Records and Revenant Records. The program features a discussion with White, Revenant’s Dean Blackwood, and Princeton professor and author Daphne A. Brooks, and close examinations of recordings from Paramount’s catalogue by authors Greil Marcus and Scott Blackwood. Plus a special exhibition of artifacts from The New York Public Library’s Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound curated specifically for this occasion will be on display before and after the event, exclusively for attendees.
Attendees will receive a free 78 RPM record specially pressed for the event from Third Man and Revenant Records featuring two fiery sermons from the Paramount catalog. Ticket purchasers will also automatically be entered into a raffle to win the first volume of The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1917-1932.
Buy tickets/get more info now
When: Tue., Nov. 19, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Featuring Jack White (pictured), Dean and Scott Blackwood, Daphne A. Brooks, and Greil Marcus.
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