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Reading Jazz (Paperback)
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Reading Jazz (Paperback)
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Loot Price R566
Discovery Miles 5 660
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Has jazz become a white invention, "neutralized" by the attempts of
white critics to describe, define, and even defend a black form of
expression? Such is the provocative argument that emerges from
David Meltzer's compilation of controversial and thought-provoking
writings on jazz from the early decades of this century to the
present. This diverse anthology of writings on jazz not only charts
the evolution of a musical form, it also reflects evolving racial
and cultural conflicts and stereotypes. An unusual source book of
jazz history, Reading Jazz examines its roots and its future as
well as its links to and influence on other forms of modern
cultural expression. David Meltzer artfully juxtaposes a variety of
texts to explore the paradox of jazz as an art form perceived as
both primitive and modern, to consider the use of jazz as a
metaphor for new attitudes, to show how it was mythopoeticized and
demonized, to view jazz as a focus for a variety of cultural
attitudes, and to probe its relation to other aspects of modern
culture. Arranged historically, both literary and popular texts are
included, reflecting the interplay of jazz with both high and low
culture, from such contributors as Hoagy Carmichael, Artie Shaw,
Norman Mailer, Art Pepper, Simone de Beauvoir, Julio Cortazar,
William Carlos Williams, Robert Creeley, and many more. Reading
Jazz will be indispensable not only for jazz enthusiasts but also
for anyone interested in the evolution of modern culture.
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