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Knowing jazz : community, pedagogy, and canon in the information age / Ken Prouty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prouty, Ken.
- Series:
- American made music series.
- American made music series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jazz--History and criticism.
- Jazz.
- Jazz--Social aspects.
- Jazz--Instruction and study.
- Musical canon.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Ken Prouty argues that knowledge of jazz, or more to the point, claims to knowledge of jazz, are the prime movers in forming jazz's identity, its canon, and its community. Every jazz artist, critic, or fan understands jazz differently, based on each individual's unique experiences and insights. Through playing, listening, reading, and talking about jazz, both as a form of musical expression and as a marker of identity, each aficionado develops a personalized relationship to the larger jazz world. Through the increasingly important role of media, listeners also engage in the formation of differ
- Contents:
- The problem with community
- Jazz education and the tightrope of tradition
- Doing and teaching (and researching)
- The virtual jazz world
- The global jazz community.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-34138-7
- 9786613341389
- 1-61703-164-X
- OCLC:
- 811501082
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