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Author:

Gennari, John.

Title:

Blowin' hot and cool : jazz and its critics / John Gennari.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xiv, 480 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Jazz--History and criticism.
Jazz--Social aspects--United States.
Jazz--Histoire et critique.
Musique--Aspect social--États-Unis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-444) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : (much more than) a few words about jazz -- Not only a new art form but a new reason for living -- As if it were artistic and not just a teenage enthusiasm : hot collecting -- Across the color line -- Hearing 'the noisy lostness' : telling the story of jazz -- Writer's writers and sensitive cats : mapping the new jazz criticism -- Swinging in a high-class groove : mainstreaming jazz in Lenox and Newport -- The shock of the new : black freedom, the counterculture, and 1960s jazz criticism -- Race-ing the bird : Ross Russell's obsessive pursuit of Charlie Parker -- Tangled up in blues : the new jazz renaissance and its discontents -- Conclusion : change of the century.

ISBN:

9780226289229 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226289222 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005030539

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)