| Description |
xxii, 403 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to music
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Cambridge companions to music.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-376) and index. |
| Contents |
A brief chronology of jazz -- The word 'jazz' / Krin Gabbard -- pt. 1. Jazz times. The identity of jazz / David Horn -- The jazz diaspora / Bruce Johnson -- The jazz audience / Jed Rasula -- Jazz and dance / Robert P. Crease. pt. 2 Jazz practices. Jazz as musical practice / Travis A. Jackson -- Jazz as cultural practice / Bruce Johnson -- Jazz improvisation / Ingrid Monson -- Spontaneity and organisation / Peter J. Martin -- Jazz among the classics, and the case of Duke Ellington / Mervyn Cooke. -- pt. 3. Jazz changes. 1959, the beginning of beyond / Darius Brubeck -- Free jazz and the avant-garde / Jeff Pressing -- Fusions and crossovers / Stuart Nicholson. -- pt. 4. Jazz soundings. Learning jazz, teaching jazz / David Ake -- History, myth, and legend: the problem of early jazz / David Sager -- Analysing jazz / Thomas Owens. -- pt. 5. Jazz takes. Valuing jazz / Robert Walser -- The jazz market / Dave Laing -- Images of jazz / Krin Gabbard. |
| Subject |
Jazz -- History and criticism.
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Jazz. |
| Added Author |
Cooke, Mervyn.
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Horn, David, 1942-
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| Added Title |
Jazz |
| ISBN |
0521663202 |
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0521663881 paperback |
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