| Description |
vii, 245 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245). |
| Contents |
The culture of jazz and jazz as critical culture -- Music and anthropology -- Teaching the culture of jazz -- Africa as a metaphor of authenticity in jazz -- The spread of American music to the international scene -- Jazz and its impact on European classical music -- Creole performance and the mass -- Jazz in Rochester in the context of the wider scene -- Stereotype and reality : social and cultural characteristics of members of the Down Beat hall of fame -- Laughin' Louie : an analysis of Louis Armstrong's record and its relationship to African-American musical humor -- Dizzy, humor, and subversion of accepted reality -- From the Cotton Club to the cathedral -- Boppers and moldy figs : a tale of two cultures -- The force primeval : the image of jazz in American literature -- Puttin' it on -- Did they make the scene or did the scene make them? : expatriate jazz musicians in Europe -- Close enough for jazz : humor and jazz reality -- He sang away my blues -- Music and emotion -- The good die young : the tragedy of the jazz life -- Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Jazz -- History and criticism.
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Jazz. |
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Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Popular culture. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| ISBN |
0761841350 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780761841357 paperback alkaline paper |
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