The Rise of a Jazz Art World
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- Author: Paul Lopes, Colgate University, New York
- Date Published: June 2002
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- isbn: 9780521000390
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The origins of jazz were in the barrelhouses of New Orleans and the speakeasies of Chicago. By the nineteen fifties, a musical renaissance transformed jazz into a high art form. Paul Lopes shows how the rise of a jazz art world was a unique movement--a socially diverse community of musicians, critics, collectors, producers, and enthusiasts that struggled in various ways against cultural orthodoxy in America. This accessible, interdisciplinary book will be of great interest to scholars and students of sociology, cultural studies, American studies, African-American studies, and jazz studies.
Read more- Sophisticated analysis of cultural distinction in America
- Comprehensive social history encompassing critics, producers, enthusiasts etc. as well as jazz musicians
- Sets a major American art form in the broader context of high art and popular art and the interplay of aesthetic, moral, class, race and ethnic distinctions
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"Lopes has written a richly informative and highly readable book that is a welcome addition to the growing number of academic studies that engage with musical styles as the lifeblood of 'scenes' -- living cultures producing a verve and commitment that remain hard to fathom for those on the 'outside.'" American Journal of Sociology
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- Date Published: June 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521000390
- length: 304 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 153 x 23 mm
- weight: 0.488kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction: the quest for cultural legitimacy
1. Before the jazz age: professional musicians and good music
2. The jazz age: professional musicians and the cultivated vernacular
3. The swing craze: professional musicians, swing music and the art of improvisation
4. The rise of a jazz art world: jazz enthusiasts, professional musicians and the modernist revolt
5. The new jazz age: the jazz art world and the modern jazz renaissance
Conclusion: the jazz art world and American culture.
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