The future of jazz / by Will Friedwald, Ted Gioia, Jim Macnie, Peter Margasak, Stuart Nicholson, Ben Ratliff, John F. Szwed, Greg Tate, Peter Watrous, K. Leander Williams ; edited by Yuval Taylor.

Author/creator Friedwald, Will, 1961-
Other author Taylor, Yuval, editor.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoChicago, IL : A Cappella, ©2002.
Descriptionix, 241 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Jazz--History and criticism.

Contents Games and thought and grace: mainstream jazz -- Black and white and turning gray: jazz and race -- The song of the body electric: jazz-rock -- Collective play: improvisation and composition -- Canon fodder: jazz repertory -- Low-budget careers: the business of jazz -- Original recipe vs. extra crispy: jazz vocals -- Homes away from home: jazz and the world -- Out of time: free jazz and the avant-garde -- The ghost in the machine: jazz institutions, infrastructures, and media -- Conclusion: a prognosticatory cadavre exquis, complete with elegy.
Abstract Jazz is now 100 years old, a venerable American institution predicated on the unpredictable. But recent signs--ranging from Ken Burn's documentary Jazz: A History of America's Music to the dominance of reissues of jazz over new recordings--have made many question whether jazz's past has now become more important than its future, or whether jazz has any future at all. In this book, composed entirely via e-mail, 10 leading jazz critics take on the various issues surrounding jazz's future--the dominance of mainstream jazz, its spread around the world, the difficulty of making a living playing it, the growth of repertory jazz, the dearth of interest among young African Americans, the paradoxically backward-looking nature of the avant-garde, and many others. Their conclusions are as surprising, witty, and edgy as the music itself.
General noteIncludes indexes.
LCCN 2002001315
ISBN1556524463

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Music Music Stacks ML3506 .F74 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold