In this Book
- Jazz Matters: Sound, Place, and Time since Bebop
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
What, where, and when is jazz? To most of us jazz means small combos, made up mostly of men, performing improvisationally in urban club venues. But jazz has been through many changes in the decades since World War II, emerging in unexpected places and incorporating a wide range of new styles. In this engrossing new book, David Ake expands on the discussion he began in Jazz Cultures, lending his engaging, thoughtful, and stimulating perspective to post-1940s jazz. Ake investigates such issues as improvisational analysis, pedagogy, American exceptionalism, and sense of place in jazz. He uses provocative case studies to illustrate how some of the values ascribed to the postwar jazz culture are reflected in and fundamentally shaped by aspects of sound, location, and time.
Table of Contents
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- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- pp. ix-11
- INTRODUCTION
- pp. 1-13
- PART ONE: SOUND AND TIME
- pp. 15-27
- PART TWO: PLACE AND TIME
- pp. 75-87
- 5. Rethinking Jazz Education
- pp. 102-120
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- pp. 141-143
- APPENDIX TWO. INTERVIEW LOCATIONS AND DATES
- pp. 150-161
- Production Notes
- pp. 200-211
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520947399
Related ISBN(s)
9780520266889
MARC Record
OCLC
663969183
Pages
216
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No