Landing on the wrong note : jazz, dissonance, and critical practice / Ajay Heble.

Author/creator Heble, Ajay, 1961-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2000.
Descriptionxiv, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The poetics of jazz: from symbolic to semiotic -- The rehistoricizing of jazz: Chicago's "urban bushmen" and the problem of representation -- Performing identity: jazz autobiography and the politics of literary improvisation -- "Space is the place": jazz, voice, and resistance -- Nice work if you can get it: women in jazz / Gillian Siddall -- Capitulating to barbarism: jazz and/as popular culture -- Up for grabs: the ethicopolitical authority of jazz -- Conclusion: alternative public spheres.
Abstract An imaginative and passionate synthesis of form and function, this book goes beyond mainstream jazz criticism, outlining a new poetics of jazz that emerges not from the ivory tower but from the clubs, performances, and lives of today's jazz musicians.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-249), discography/videography (pages 251-252), and index.
LCCN 00029117
ISBN0415923484 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0415923492 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML3506 .H42 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold