The Cambridge Companion to Jazz (Cambridge Companions to Music)
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'... most of the writers in this Companion are academics, and it's hard to fault the obvious passion underlying their diverse points of view.' BBC Music Magazine
Book Description
The vibrant world of jazz may be viewed from many angles, 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 offers informed and accessible guidance to the challenge, taking the reader through 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 for audiences, markets, education and for other art forms; and the study of jazz.
The Cambridge Companion to Jazz (Cambridge Companions to Music)
The Cambridge Companion to Jazz (Cambridge Companions to Music),Mervyn Cooke,David Horn,Cambridge University Press,0521663881,Genres & Styles - Jazz,History & Criticism - General,History and criticism,Jazz,Music,20th century music,Music / General
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