Jazz : the American theme song / James Lincoln Collier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-2024.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Music--Social aspects.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

More than a chronological history of a unique musical form, this study examines how jazz influenced American society. The author argues that jazz both reflects and celebrates a uniquely American world view.

Praised by the Washington Post as a `tough, unblinkered critic,' James Lincoln Collier is probably the most controversial writer on jazz today. His acclaimed biographies of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman continue to spark debate in jazz circles, and his iconoclastic articles on jazz over the past 30 years have attracted even more attention. Questioning everything we think we know about jazz - its origins, its innovative geniuses, the importance of improvisation and spontaneous inspiration in a performance- - and the jazz world, these ten provocative essays on the music and its place in American culture overturn tired assumptions and will alternately enrage, enlighten, and entertain.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1 The Inevitability of Jazz in America

2 The Rise of Individualism and the Jazz Solo

3 Going It Alone

4 Hot Rhythm

5 The Embrace of Show Business

6 Art and the Academy

7 Jazz and Pop

8 Black, White, and Blue

9 The Critics

10 Local Jazz

Notes

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-308) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-535722-1

1-4294-0603-8