<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Josephine Baker performed in Nampo in (I believe) 1938 on her way from Japan to Manchuria where she performed in several other cities. The Dong-ah Ilbo published an article on her visit and included a picture of the performance.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Best,</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Steven D. Capener</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "johnfrankl@yahoo.com" <johnfrankl@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Korean Studies Discussion List
<koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, November 17, 2011 11:05 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [KS] Jazz in Korea<br> </font> <br>
<div id="yiv1846216722"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">I have heard a few times that Josephine Baker also performed on the peninsula. <div><br></div><div>A search for "jazz" and "cafe" in the online versions of major daily newspapers will likely turn up a good amount of information, including conservatives' bemoaning the pernicious influence of both keywords. </div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>John Frankl<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 11/16/11, Robinson, Michael E. <i><robime@indiana.edu></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;"><br>From: Robinson, Michael E. <robime@indiana.edu><br>Subject: Re: [KS] Jazz in Korea<br>To: "Korean Studies Discussion List" <koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws><br>Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 5:39 AM<br><br><div class="yiv1846216722plainMail">Jazz
came to Korea by the mid to late
1920s. Paul Winfield's band toured a number of times. There were sporadically Jazz features on radio in the 1930s but it was not popular in the mainstream sense of pop songs. There were Jazz Tabangs in the late 1960s when I first went to Korea, but not as many as Classical. <br><br>Mike Robinson<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a rel="nofollow">koreanstudies-bounces@koreaweb.ws</a> [mailto:<a rel="nofollow">koreanstudies-bounces@koreaweb.ws</a>] On Behalf Of John Eperjesi<br>Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:46 PM<br>To: <a rel="nofollow">koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</a><br>Subject: [KS] Jazz in Korea<br><br>Hi Everybody, I just joined the group, so thought I should
introduce myself. My name is John Eperjesi and I'm an Assistant Professor of English at Kyung Hee in Seoul. I received my Phd in cultural studies from Carnegie Mellon and published a book on U.S. imperialism in Asia and the Pacific ("The Imperialist Imaginary").<br><br>I am planning to interview the owner of All That Jazz, which opened up in Itaewon in 1976, and I understand it is Korea's first jazz club.<br><br>I'm curious, what was the attitude toward jazz in Korea in the 1970s?<br>Did the authoritarian regime see it as a decadent western import like rock and roll? Who was into jazz? So I'm generally interest in the politics surrounding the culture.<br><br>Any important Korean jazz artists from that period?<br><br>I did read that jazz came to Korea in the 1920s, so if anyone has broader historical narrative, that would be appreciated.<br><br>btw, I am studying Korean, but am far from fluent so unfortunately can't read Korean
documents.<br><br>Thanks in advance!<br>John<br><br><br></div></blockquote></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>