基本説明
This volume of nineteen specially-commissioned essays offers a series of five basic subject areas: locating jazz historically and geographically; defining jazz as musical and cultural practice; jazz in performance; the uses of jazz.
Full Description
The vibrant world of jazz may be viewed from many perspectives, from social and cultural history to music analysis, from economics to ethnography. It is challenging and exciting territory. This volume of nineteen specially commissioned essays provides informed and accessible guidance to the challenge, offering the reader a range of expert views on the character, history and uses of jazz. The book starts by considering what kind of identity jazz has acquired and how, and goes on to discuss the crucial practices that define jazz and to examine some specific moments of historical change and some important issues for jazz study. Finally, it looks at a set of perspectives that illustrate different 'takes' on jazz - ways in which jazz has been valued and represented.
Contents
Chronology of jazz; The word 'jazz' Krin Gabbard; Part I. Jazz Times: 1. The identity of jazz David Horn; 2. The jazz diaspora Bruce Johnson; 3. The jazz audience Jed Resula; 4. Jazz and dance Robert Crease; Part II. Jazz Practices: 5. Jazz as musical practice Travis Jackson; 6. Jazz as cultural practice Bruce Johnson; 7. Jazz improvization Ingrid Monson; 8. Spontaneity and organization Pete Martin; 9. Jazz among the classics, and the case of Duke Ellington Mervyn Cooke; Part III. Jazz Changes: 10. 1959: the beginning of beyond Darius Brubeck; 11. Free jazz and the avant-garde Jeff Pressing; 12. Fusions and crossovers Stuart Nicholson; Part IV. Soundings: 13. Learning jazz, teaching jazz David Aka; 14. History and myth: the problem of early jazz David Sagar; 15. Analysing jazz Thomas Owens; Part V. Jazz Takes: 16. Valuing jazz Robert Walser; 17. The jazz business Dave Laing; 18. Images of jazz Krin Gabbard; Personalia.
