Blowin'' the Blues Away - Performance and Meaning on the New York Jazz Scene

Zusatztext "[Jackson's] contributions on authenticity! race and identity are direct and refreshing and his analysis informative and stimulating." Informationen zum Autor Travis A. Jackson is Associate Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago. Klappentext " Blowin' the Blues Away makes a major contribution to our understanding of the contexts and meanings of jazz performance. Jackson makes his own mark by not only documenting 'the jazz scene' in New York but also by providing a critical vocabulary and methodology for future researchers. As such! Jackson's book provides the most in-depth understanding of the rituals and meanings of jazz performance to date." -Farah Jasmine Griffin! author of Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis! John Coltrane! and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever Zusammenfassung New York City has always been a mecca in the history of jazz, and in many ways the city's jazz scene is more important now than ever before. Using interviews, in-person observation, and analysis of live and recorded events, this title examines how jazz has thrived in New York following its popular resurgence in the 1980s.

Product details

• Authors: Travis A Jackson, Travis A. Jackson, Jackson Travis A.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2012
• EAN: 9780520270459
• ISBN: 978-0-520-27045-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Music of the African Diaspora; Music of the African Diaspora; Music of the African Diaspora (CAUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; Jazz, New York, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, Popular Music