The Cambridge Companion to Jazz

The Cambridge Companion to Jazz
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 436
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ISBN-10 : 0521663881
ISBN-13 : 9780521663885
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Jazz by : Mervyn Cooke

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Jazz written by Mervyn Cooke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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