Jazz : the American theme song / James Lincoln Collier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-2024, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Music--Social aspects.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author, a controversial jazz critic, questions common assumptions made about jazz music - its origins, its innovative geniuses, the importance of improvization and spontaneous inspiration in a performance - in an effort to offer fresh approaches to the study of jazz.

Contents:

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:

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

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

ISBN:

0-19-772827-8

1-280-52802-8

0-19-802411-8

OCLC:

476008208