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Description
What, where, and when is jazz? To most of us jazz means small combos, made up mostly of men, performing improvisationally in urban club venues. But jazz has been through many changes in the decades since World War II, emerging in unexpected places and incorporating a wide range of new styles. In this engrossing new book, David Ake expands on the discussion he began in Jazz Cultures, lending his engaging, thoughtful, and stimulating perspective to post-1940s jazz. Ake investigates such issues as improvisational analysis, pedagogy, American exceptionalism, and sense of place in jazz. He uses provocative case studies to illustrate how some of the values ascribed to the postwar jazz culture are reflected in and fundamentally shaped by aspects of sound, location, and time.
Product Details
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Publish Date | October 07, 2010 |
| Pages | 216 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780520266896 |
| Dimensions | 8.9 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches | 0.7 pounds |
BISAC Categories: Music, Film & Performing Arts,
About the Author
David Ake is Professor and Chair of the Department of Musicology at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami.
Reviews
"Along comes a fresh, thoughtful, carefully reasoned book discussing topic that have not been done to death, and one realizes that there may be more left to say on this heavily analyzed musical genre...'Jazz Matters' is one such book."-- "Generally Eclectic Review" (4/20/2011 12:00:00 AM)
"David Ake doesn't pretend to stand on a mountaintop and deliver the Truth about jazz. Instead, he takes a wider view, showing that the Truth is really a series of possibilities, each one exciting enough in itself to keep us enthralled by the music no matter how much we think we know."-- "Blurt" (10/20/2010 12:00:00 AM)
"Jazz Matters will surely benefit the jazz community at large as well as spark interest from interdisciplinary fields of study."--Michael Donovan "Ethnomusicology Forum" (9/22/2011 12:00:00 AM)
"Tells new jazz stories while finding fresh truths in the old."--Peter Kenagy, New England Conservatory of Music, Massachusetts College of Art and Design "American Music" (2/4/2013 12:00:00 AM)
"David Ake doesn't pretend to stand on a mountaintop and deliver the Truth about jazz. Instead, he takes a wider view, showing that the Truth is really a series of possibilities, each one exciting enough in itself to keep us enthralled by the music no matter how much we think we know."-- "Blurt" (10/20/2010 12:00:00 AM)
"Jazz Matters will surely benefit the jazz community at large as well as spark interest from interdisciplinary fields of study."--Michael Donovan "Ethnomusicology Forum" (9/22/2011 12:00:00 AM)
"Tells new jazz stories while finding fresh truths in the old."--Peter Kenagy, New England Conservatory of Music, Massachusetts College of Art and Design "American Music" (2/4/2013 12:00:00 AM)
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