The future of jazz /
"Jazz is now 100 years old, a venerable American institution predicated on the unpredictable. But recent signs - ranging from Ken Burn's documentary Jazz: A History of America's Music to the dominance of reissues of jazz over new recordings - have made many question whether jazz'...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
A Cappella,
c2002
Chicago, IL : c2002 Chicago, Ill. : [2002], ©2002 Chicago, Ill. : c2002 Chicago, Ill. : ©2002 Chicago : [2002] |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| Summary: | "Jazz is now 100 years old, a venerable American institution predicated on the unpredictable. But recent signs - ranging from Ken Burn's documentary Jazz: A History of America's Music to the dominance of reissues of jazz over new recordings - have made many question whether jazz's past has now become more important than its future, or whether jazz has any future at all "Jazz is now 100 years old, a venerable American institution predicated on the unpredictable. But recent signs - ranging from Ken Burn's documentary Jazz: A History of America's Music to the dominance of reissues of jazz over new recordings - have made many question whether jazz's past has now become more important than its future, or whether jazz has any future at all. In this book, composed entirely via e-mail, 10 leading jazz critics take on the various issues surrounding jazz's future - the dominance of mainstream jazz, its spread around the world, the difficulty of making a living playing it, the growth of repertory jazz, the dearth of interest among young African Americans, the paradoxically backward-looking nature of the avant-garde, and many others. Their conclusions are as surprising, witty, and edgy as the music itself."--Jacket In this book, composed entirely via e-mail, 10 leading jazz critics take on the various issues surrounding jazz's future - the dominance of mainstream jazz, its spread around the world, the difficulty of making a living playing it, the growth of repertory jazz, the dearth of interest among young African Americans, the paradoxically backward-looking nature of the avant-garde, and many others. Their conclusions are as surprising, witty, and edgy as the music itself."--BOOK JACKET |
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| Item Description: | Includes indexes |
| Physical Description: | ix, 241 p. ; 23 cm ix, 241 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 1556524463 9781556524462 |