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Author Jackson, Travis A.

Title Blowin' the Blues Away : Performance and Meaning on the New York Jazz Scene / Travis A. Jackson.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (318 pages).
Series Music of the African diaspora ; 16
Music of the African diaspora ; 16.
Contents Cover; Blowin' the Blues Away; MUSIC OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; PART ONE. BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE; 1. Studying Jazz; 2. History and Memory, Pathways and Practices: The African Americanness of Jazz; PART TWO. SCENES IN THE CITY; 3. Jazz and Spatiality: The Development of Jazz Scenes; 4. The New York Jazz Scene in the 1990s; PART THREE. BLOWIN' THE BLUES AWAY; 5. Toward a Blues Aesthetic; 6. Jazz Performance as Ritualized Activity; 7. In the Studio and on Stage; 8. Conclusion; Glossary.
Appendix: Excerpt from an Interview with Steve WilsonNotes; References; Index.
Summary New York City has always been a mecca in the history of jazz, and in many ways the city's jazz scene is more important now than ever before. Blowin' the Blues Away examines how jazz has thrived in New York following its popular resurgence in the 1980s. Using interviews, in-person observation, and analysis of live and recorded events, ethnomusicologist Travis A. Jackson explores both the ways in which various participants in the New York City jazz scene interpret and evaluate performance, and the criteria on which those interpretations and evaluations are based. Through the notes and words of i.
Note Print version record.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Jazz -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism.
Jazz.
Fine Arts.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Jazz.
Jazz. (OCoLC)fst00982165
New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Other Form: Print version: Jackson, Travis A. Blowin' the Blues Away : Performance and Meaning on the New York Jazz Scene. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012 9780520270442
ISBN 9780520951921 (electronic bk.)
0520951921 (electronic bk.)
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