Date of Award

5-2017

Thesis Date

5-2017

Degree Type

Honors Thesis-Unrestricted

Degree Name

B.I.S.

Department

Interdisciplinary Studies

Degree Program

Interdisciplinary Studies

Director

Charles Chamberlain

Abstract

Since the 1940s, music lovers and musicians in Japan has professed a strong interest in New Orleans music, particularly New Orleans jazz. This paper examines three ways in which this interest manifests itself: Japanese musicians immigrating to New Orleans, Japanese tourists visiting New Orleans, and sales of recorded and live New Orleans music in Japan. This paper primarily revolves around oral history interviews with Japanese musicians who immigrated in New Orleans. Additionally, this paper utilizes a combination of primary source and secondary source material to examine the history of Japanese interest in New Orleans music. By utilizing these sources, this paper chronicles ways that this interest manifests itself.

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The University of New Orleans and its agents retain the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible this honors thesis in whole or part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. The author retains all other ownership rights to the copyright of the honors thesis.

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