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Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medboe, H., Bares, W., Webster, E., Frost Fadnes, P., Inglis, C., Kahr, M., Stefanie, R., & Heyman, M. (2016, July). Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe. Presented at Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe, Edinburgh, UK

Following popular exposure in France to the proto-jazz of James Reese Europe and his 369th “Harlem Hellfighters” Infantry Regiment during the latter years of WW1, the jazz bug took hold and, in the period that followed, spread throughout Europe. This... Read More about Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe.

The compass of Nordic tone: jazz from Scandinavia. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medbøe, H. (2015, February). The compass of Nordic tone: jazz from Scandinavia. Paper presented at Nordic Research Network 2015

Jazz from Scandinavia has, over the past fifty years, come to represent a distinct reimagining of the erstwhile American music form. Following the global spread of jazz through the dissemination technologies of the modern age, Scandinavian jazz music... Read More about The compass of Nordic tone: jazz from Scandinavia..

Dictated dichotomies: Locating Scandinavian jazz. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medbøe, H. (2014, September). Dictated dichotomies: Locating Scandinavian jazz. Paper presented at Rhythm Changes 2014 - Jazz Beyond Borders

Scandinavian jazz is arguably the most established appropriation of the genre outside the United States, with a uniquely defined cultural identity stretching back to the early 1970s. The region’s repurposing of an acculturated American music has resu... Read More about Dictated dichotomies: Locating Scandinavian jazz..

Jazz Scenes and Networks in Europe: Repackaging Independent Jazz – New Strategies for Emerging Markets. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medbøe, H. (2014, July). Jazz Scenes and Networks in Europe: Repackaging Independent Jazz – New Strategies for Emerging Markets. Paper presented at KISMIF conference: Underground music scenes and DIY cultures

Recent years have witnessed significant changes to the methods by which artists connect with their fans. Where in the previous century these connections were primarily made through touring, media promotion and the physical distribution of product, th... Read More about Jazz Scenes and Networks in Europe: Repackaging Independent Jazz – New Strategies for Emerging Markets..

The promoter as cultural conduit: between jazz and a hard place. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medbøe, H. (2013, November). The promoter as cultural conduit: between jazz and a hard place. Paper presented at Jazz Talks: 1st university of Aveiro jazz conference

This paper examines the interdependencies and frictions between the creators and the promoters of jazz in the city of Edinburgh, UK.
In providing a platform for the delivery of the cultural message of jazz (in all its many guises), the promoter wal... Read More about The promoter as cultural conduit: between jazz and a hard place..

Groovin’ High and Low: exploring the jazz vernacular. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medbøe, H. (2013, April). Groovin’ High and Low: exploring the jazz vernacular. Paper presented at Rhythm Changes 2013

Debate over origin and authenticity aside, the musical language of jazz is today spoken and understood amongst a diversity of communities the world over. Standard repertoire, evolved formal structures, and aesthetic tenets provide a lingua franca sup... Read More about Groovin’ High and Low: exploring the jazz vernacular..

Nordic Tone: Redrawing borders of culture and boundaries of style. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medbøe, H. (2012, July). Nordic Tone: Redrawing borders of culture and boundaries of style. Paper presented at International Musicological Society

Historians and educators have traditionally presented the century long evolution of jazz in a linear, canonical fashion. Applications of this model are often limited to the music’s domestic evolution, paying scant heed to activities outside the USA.... Read More about Nordic Tone: Redrawing borders of culture and boundaries of style..

Cultural identity and creative autonomy in Nordic jazz. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medbøe, H. (2011, September). Cultural identity and creative autonomy in Nordic jazz. Paper presented at Rhythm Changes: Jazz and National Identities conference 2011

Historians and educators have traditionally presented the relatively short evolution of jazz in a linear, epochal fashion. Applications of this model are often limited to the music’s domestic evolution, paying little or no heed to activities outside... Read More about Cultural identity and creative autonomy in Nordic jazz..