<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">When did Josephine Baker come to Korea and in what context? Obviously, she wasn't representing America--as she abhorred the racism and renounced her citizenship in 1930s. Then, it must be through French connection or some other channel. It'd be interesting to know the context/time period of her performance in Korea and a possible encounter with people like Choi Seung-hee. Taylor Atkins made a fascinating comparison of the two in his recent book.<div>
<br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Su-kyoung </div><div><br></div></span><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 6:05 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnfrankl@yahoo.com">johnfrankl@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><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><<a href="mailto:robime@indiana.edu" target="_blank">robime@indiana.edu</a>></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. <<a href="mailto:robime@indiana.edu" target="_blank">robime@indiana.edu</a>><br>Subject: Re: [KS] Jazz in Korea<br>To: "Korean Studies Discussion List" <<a href="mailto:koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws" target="_blank">koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</a>><br>
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 5:39 AM<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div>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 href="http://mc/compose?to=koreanstudies-bounces@koreaweb.ws" target="_blank">koreanstudies-bounces@koreaweb.ws</a> [mailto:<a href="http://mc/compose?to=koreanstudies-bounces@koreaweb.ws" target="_blank">koreanstudies-bounces@koreaweb.ws</a>] On Behalf Of John Eperjesi<br>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:46 PM<br>To: <a href="http://mc/compose?to=koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws" target="_blank">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></div></div></blockquote></div></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></div><br>