Essays On Jazz
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Essays On Jazz
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Author : Burnett James
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Release Date : 1990-02-21
Essays On Jazz written by Burnett James and has been published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-02-21 with Music categories.
This Is
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Author : Aaron Gilbreath
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-01
This Is written by Aaron Gilbreath and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-01 with Literary Collections categories.
An intimate and expert look at mid-century jazz, focusing on the lost talents that stood beside the era's giants. Gilbreath takes on a few standard assumptions, too, from the impact of heroin to the central myths of Miles Davis. From an emerging, critically-acclaimed essayist.
Jazz In Mind
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Author : Reginald T. Buckner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Jazz In Mind written by Reginald T. Buckner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Music categories.
The diversity of jazz writing represents the many interests brought to it. Like jazz itself, writing about jazz combines various points of view, purposes, and styles, and it must express strong personal engagement with the music. Jazz continues to penetrate elite culture and mainstream popular culture. Hence there is a growing interest in jazz as a subject of inquiry and criticism. Listeners and interpreters explore and often dispute standards of performance and the essentials of what will constitute the interpretation of jazz and its history. Jazz in Mind explores the impact of jazz, particularly on American culture, since World War II. The essays are written by leading scholars from the fields of music, literature, history, sociology, philosophy, and American studies who share an interest in the application of scholarly methods to jazz themes. Representing both "pure" and "applied" approaches to jazz history and criticism, the book illustrates the vitality of written inquiry into jazz. A variety of historical, philosophical, and literary themes are covered in Jazz in Mind. There is an essay on James Reese Europe and his relationship and that of his music to the actual development of jazz during the period prior to 1920. The first black band leader to be offered a major recording contract, he opened an essential door for jazz without which the future development of the music would be inconceivable. In exploring the "self' presented by the jazz autobiographer, a second essay focuses on Louis Armstrong, jazz's most influential musician, and its first, and most prolific, black autobiographer. In an unusual departure in jazz criticism, the uses of music in thinking about management and organizational life are considered. Other essays explore the history of jazz in the Soviet Union and the vital and energetic Soviet jazz scene today, the problems of local jazz history, the art of quotation in jazz, and the shifts in meaning with respect to the jazz tradition and the various ways in which jazz and modernism have been related.
Looking Back At The Jazz Age
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Author : Nancy von Rosk
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2016-09-23
Looking Back At The Jazz Age written by Nancy von Rosk and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-23 with categories.
From Britain’s Downton Abbey and Dancing on the Edge to Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris and Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, the Jazz Age’s presence in recent popular culture has been striking and pervasive. This volume not only deepens the reader’s knowledge of this iconic period, but also provides a better understanding of its persistent presence “in our time.” Situating well-known Jazz Age writers such as Langston Hughes in new contexts while revealing the contributions of lesser-known figures such as Fannie Hurst, Looking Back at the Jazz Age brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars who draw on a wide range of academic fields and critical methods: New Historicism, biography, philosophy, queer theory, psychoanalytical theory, geography, music theory, film studies, and urban studies. The volume includes provocative new readings of the flapper, an intricate examination of the intersections between literature and music, as well as some reflections on the twenty first century’s preoccupation with the Jazz Age. Building on recent scholarship and suggesting avenues for further research, this collection will be of interest to scholars and students in American literature, American history, American studies, cultural studies, and film studies.
Jazz The Germans
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Author : Michael J. Budds
language : en
Publisher: Pendragon Press
Release Date : 2002
Jazz The Germans written by Michael J. Budds and has been published by Pendragon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Music categories.
Many commentators have observed that the influence of jazz and related popular musics on musical practice beyond American borders should be considered one of the most dynamic developments of the twentieth century. This collection of essays concentrates on American influences in Germany, where such unlikely "foreign" elements enjoyed a remarkable vogue for much of the past century, not only in the realm of popular culture but in the realm of the arts as well. Against the tumultuous social and political upheavals of modern Germany there evolved a fascinating musical sound track that introduced German musicians and their public to ragtime, spirituals, the blues, later dance music, and jazz with resulting opportunities for imitation and assimilation. In this volume American scholars from various academic perspectives are joined by German musician-scholars.
Points Of Departure
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Author : Robin Tomens
language : en
Publisher: Stride Publications
Release Date : 2001
Points Of Departure written by Robin Tomens and has been published by Stride Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Music categories.
Robert Tomens presents an alternative version of jazz criticism, challenging the tyranny of so-called expertise. This book offers snapshots and larger portraits of postwar jazz in a style that is humorous, ironic, serious and sincere.
Jazz Planet
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Author : E. Taylor Atkins
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2012-10-25
Jazz Planet written by E. Taylor Atkins and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-25 with Music categories.
With contributions by Raúl A. Fernández, Benjamin Givan, Acácio Tadeu de Camargo Piedade, Warren R. Pinckney Jr., Linda F. Williams, Christopher G. Bakriges, Stefano Zenni, S. Frederick Starr, Bruce Johnson, Christophine Ballantine, Michael Molasky, Johan Fornäs, and Andrew F. Jones Jazz is typically characterized as a uniquely American form of artistic expression, and narratives of its history are almost always set within the United States. Yet, from its inception, this art form exploded beyond national borders, becoming one of the first modern examples of a global music sensation. Jazz Planet collects essays that concentrate for the first time on jazz created outside the United States. What happened when this phenomenon met with indigenous musical practices? What debates on cultural integrity did this “American” styling provoke in far-flung places? Did jazz's insistence on individual innovation and its posture as a music of the disadvantaged generate shakeups in national identity, aesthetic values, and public morality? Through new and previously published essays, Jazz Planet recounts the music's fascinating journeys to Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America. What emerges is a concept of jazz as a harbinger of current globalization, a process that has engendered both hope for a more enlightened and tranquil future and resistance to the anticipated loss of national identity and sovereignty. Essays in this collection describe the seldom-acknowledged contributions non-Americans have made to the art and explore the social and ideological crises jazz initiated around the globe. Was the rise of jazz in global prominence, they ask, simply a result of its inherent charm? Was it a vehicle for colonialism, Cold War politics, and emerging American hegemony? Jazz Planet provokes readers to question the nationalistic bias of most jazz scholarship, and to expand the pantheon of great jazz artists to include innovative musicians who blazed independent paths.
Concert Music Rock And Jazz Since 1945
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Author : Elizabeth West Marvin
language : en
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Release Date : 2002
Concert Music Rock And Jazz Since 1945 written by Elizabeth West Marvin and has been published by University Rochester Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Presents various interdisciplinary articles to bridge the gulf between classical and popular music.
The Art Of Jazz
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Author : Martin Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
The Art Of Jazz written by Martin Williams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Jazz categories.
Although jazz is generally considered to be among America's important contributions to the arts, intelligent criticism in this field is very rare. Here, at last, is a collection of the best writing on the subject; an anthology that examines jazz as an art form worthy of serious consideration and treats such notable jazz musicians as King Oliver, Duke Ellington, Bix Beiderbecke, and Bessie Smith as artists in their own right. Much jazz reviewing has been biased, publicity-conscious, and hysterical. These, however, are critical articles of lasting value. They deal with every phase of jazz - from Ragtime to Bop, through Dixieland, the Blues, and Modern Jazz Quartet - in a manner which helps the enthusiast listen to jazz more intelligently and with a greater understanding. Written at various periods ranging from the first World War to the present day, the articles include Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet's tribute to Sidney Bechet; Marshall Stearns discussing folk blues; and an analysis of Art Tatum by André Hodeir. There are also many illuminating descriptions of such great personalities as Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, and Jelly Roll Morton. Aided by comments from Mr. Williams, these significant essays serve as the best possible introduction to a form of music which has influenced the Western cultural world for the past four decades. Martin T. Williams, a graduate of the universities of Pennsylvania and Virginia, is co-editor of The Jazz Review. He has been an instructor in English and the Humanities at Columbia College, and has contributed articles on music to The Record Changer, The Saturday Review, American Record Guide, and Downbeat.
Musical Concerns
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Author : Jerrold Levinson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015
Musical Concerns written by Jerrold Levinson and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Art categories.
This volume presents a new collection of essays on music by Jerrold Levinson, one of the most prominent philosophers of art today. The essays are wide-ranging and represent some of the most stimulating work being done within analytic aesthetics. Three of the essays are previously unpublished, and four of them focus on music in the jazz tradition.