Going for Jazz (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)

Jazz is one of the most influential American art forms of our times. It shapes our ideas about musical virtuosity, human action and new forms of social expression. In "Going for Jazz, " Nicholas Gebhardt shows how the study of jazz can offer profound insights into American historical consciousness. Focusing on the lives of three major saxophonists--Sidney Bechet, Charlie Parker, and Ornette Coleman--Gebhardt demonstrates how changing forms of state power and ideology framed and directed their work.
Weaving together a range of seemingly disparate topics, from Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis to the invention of bebop, from Jean Baudrillard's "Seduction" to the Cold War atomic regime, Gebhardt addresses the meaning and value of jazz in the political economy of American society. In "Going for Jazz, " jazz musicians assume dynamic and dramatic social positions that demand a more conspicuous place for music in our understanding of the social world.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2001
First published:	July 2001
Authors:	Nicholas Gebhardt
Dimensions:	233 x 160 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-28466-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz
LSN:	0-226-28466-2
Barcode:	9780226284668

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