RESUMO: Este artigo considera a influência do jazz sobre a música da República Dominicana. A dupla significação do jazz como, de um lado, uma forma genericamente estadunidense, e, de outro, uma forma especificamente afroamericana, promove contradições em sua assimilação dominicana. Embora o jazz tenha frequentemente permanecido fora da corrente dominante nos Estados Unidos, representa conexões com os EUA hegemônicos para alguns dominicanos, que o veem como um marcador cosmopolita de prestígio social. Entretanto, inovadores dominicanos como o saxofonista Tavito Vásquez criaram brilhantes híbridos de jazz e merengue que afirmam as bases partilhadas da música de influência africana nos EUA e na República Dominicana.
PALAVRAS-CHAVE: jazz; República Dominicana; etnomusicologia THE JAZZ TINGE IN DOMINICAN MUSICABSTRACT: Considers the influence of jazz on music of the Dominican Republic. Jazz's double signification as a generically North American form on one hand and a specifically African-American form on the other fosters contradictions in its Dominican assimilation. While jazz has often stood outside of the dominant mainstream in North America, it represents connections to the hegemonic U.S. to some Dominicans, who see it as a cosmopolitan marker of social status. Dominican innovators such as saxophonist Tavito Vásquez, however, created brilliant merengue-jazz hybrids that affirm the shared foundation of African-influenced music in the U.S. and the Dominican Republic.
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