Jazz : the American theme song / James Lincoln Collier.
| Author/creator | Collier, James Lincoln |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, ©1993. |
| Description | 326 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The inevitability of jazz in America -- The rise of individualism and the jazz solo -- Going it alone -- Hot rhythm -- The embrace of show business -- Art and the academy -- Jazz and pop -- Black, white, and blue -- The critics -- Local jazz. |
| Abstract | This book offers readers analysis of musical trends and styles, and explorations of the most potentially explosive issues in jazz today. In "Black, White, and Blue," Collier traces African and European influences on the evolution of jazz in a free-ranging discussion that takes him from the French colony of Saint Domingue (now Haiti) to the orderly classrooms where most music students study jazz today. He argues that although jazz was originally devised by blacks from black folk music, jazz has long been a part of the cultural heritage of musicians and audiences of all races and classes, and is not black music per se. In another essay, Collier provides an analysis of the evolution of jazz criticism, and casts a skeptical eye on the credibility of the emerging "jazz canon" of critical writing and popular history. Other essays include explorations of jazz as an intrinsic and fundamental source of inspiration for American dance music, rock, and pop; the influence of show business on jazz, and vice versa; and the link between the rise of the jazz soloist and the new emphasis on individuality in the 1920s. |
| Local note | Little-287383--305130049309. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-308) and index. |
| LCCN | 92043644 |
| ISBN | 0195079434 (acid-free paper) : |
| ISBN | 9780195079432 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0195079434 |