Swedish Jazz in the United States: Swede and Cool

Contents

• 1. Swingin' Swedes in the USA /
• 1.1. Jazz and Sweden After the War /
• 1.2. Swedish Jazz and the International Record Industry /
• 1.3. Claes Dahlgren /
• 1.4. Feather Lauds Swedish Jazz /
• 1.5. Jazz Around the World /
• 1.6. Imported from Sweden /
• 2. Swedish Jazz Is Swedish Modern /
• 2.1. Records as Mediators /
• 2.2. New Sounds from Sweden /
• 2.3. Swedish Modern /
• 2.4. Danny's Dream /
• 2.5. Bengt Hallberg /
• 2.6. Smoergasbord of Swedish Jazz /
• 2.7. The Audience for Swedish Jazz /
• 3. Of White Men from the Cool North /
• 3.1. Notions of Europe and Jazz as an Art Form /
• 3.2. Nationality and Ethnicity /
• 3.3. Swedish Jazz and the Question of Race /
• 3.4. Swedish Masculinity and Femininity /
• 3.5. Consuming Swedish Jazz as a Performance of American Hipness /
• 4. The Transnationality of Swedish Jazz /
• 4.1. Americans in Sweden, Swedish Recordings in the United States /
• 4.2. The American Meaning of Swedish Jazz /
• 4.3. Transnational Perspectives on Swedish Jazz in the US