The vibrant world of jazz may be viewed from many angles, from social and cultural history to music analysis, from economics to ethnography. It is challenging and exciting territory. This volume of nineteen specially commissioned essays offers informed and accessible guidance to the challenge, taking the reader through a series of five basic subject areas–locating jazz historically and geographically; defining jazz as musical and cultural practice; jazz in performance; the uses of jazz for audiences, markets, education and for other art forms; and the study of jazz.
Editorial Reviews
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“…an excellent resource for the serious student as well as the music educator interested in learning more about the subtleties of jazz. …provides an outstanding format for reflecting the complexities and differing viewpoints prevalent in jazz…” Music Educators Journal
“a refreshing and significant addition to the jazz literature…. Highly recommended.” Choice
“… [part of] new essentials for public, academic, and music libraries, and they would enhance high school libraries as well.” Against the Grain
Book Description
Takes the reader through the essentials from locating and defining jazz to jazz in performance.
About the Author
Mervyn Cooke is Professor of Music at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of Jazz, The Chronicle of Jazz, and Britten and the Far East; co-author of Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd; editor of The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten (1999) and The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera (forthcoming) and is currently writing a history of film music for Cambridge University Press. He is also a composer and pianist.
David Horn is Director of the Institute of Popular Music at the University of Liverpool. He was a founding editor of the journal Popular Music (Cambridge University Press) and is author of two bibliographies of American music. He is currently joint managing editor of The Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World.
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