| Going for Jazz: Musical Practices and American Ideology Contributor(s): Gebhardt, Nicholas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226284662 ISBN-13: 9780226284668 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2001 Annotation: 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 shaped their music. 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Jazz - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 781.650 |
| LCCN: 00012300 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.3" W x 9.26" (0.99 lbs) 216 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gebhardt, Nicholas: - Nicholas Gebhardt is professor of jazz and popular music studies at Birmingham City University, UK. He is the coeditor of The Cultural Politics of Jazz Collectives and the author of Going For Jazz: Musical Practices and American Ideology, the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press. |