Der Jazzmusik Wird Heimgegeit / The Jazz Music is Going Home

Olaf Gulbransson // Der Jazzmusik Wird Heimgegeit / The Jazz Music is Going Home

About this piece:

Year: 1933
Country: Germany
Artist: Olaf Gulbransson
Printed in: Simplicissimus
Category: Politics
Description: The front cover of this issue shows Black jazz musicians drawn in minstrel style appearing to be blown away by the music being played by the man above. This is a reference to the ban placed on Jazz music under the Nazi regime in order to promote the renewal of German music like the Waltz. Caption reads: The waltz awakens - the negroes flee.
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