Writing Jazz - Conversations With Critics and Biographers

Fourteen interviews with distinguished jazz writers that explore the exciting challenges of writing about jazz.
Writing Jazz presents interviews with fourteen distinguished jazz scholars: Whitney Balliett, Bob Blumenthal, Stanley Crouch, Linda Dahl, Maxine Gordon, Farah Jasmine Griffin, John Edward Hasse, Willard Jenkins, Hettie Jones, Robin D. G. Kelley, Laurie Pepper, Tom Piazza, Ricky Riccardi, and A. B. Spellman. This literary jam session explores the many challenges and thrills of writing about jazz in various prose forms, including liner notes, memoirs, biographies, and critical guides. The distinguished writers interviewed in this collection obviously share a passion for jazz, and each has produced a hefty amount of literature that illuminates both the music and its practitioners. A well-known writer on jazz, Sascha Feinstein has explored the relationship of jazz and literature throughout his career, making Writing Jazz an essential contribution to the field of jazz-related literature.

Info autore

Sascha Feinstein is Professor of English at Lycoming College and Founding Editor of Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz and Literature. His many books include Ask Me Now: Conversations on Jazz and Literature.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sascha Feinstein
• Editore: State University of New York Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.03.2025
• EAN: 9798855801071
• ISBN: 9798855801071
• Pagine: 324
• Serie: Excelsior Editions
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Jazz, Essays, Music, History: specific events & topics, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, History of Music, Literary essays, Music reviews & criticism, Popular Music, Music reviews and criticism