Today, jazz history is dominated by iconic figures who have taken on an almost God-like status. Using a series of individual case studies, Jazz Icons explores the growing significance of icons in jazz and discusses the reasons why the music's history is increasingly dependent on the legacies of 'great men'.
Today, jazz history is dominated by iconic figures who have taken on an almost God-like status. Using a series of individual case studies, Jazz Icons explores the growing significance of icons in jazz and discusses the reasons why the music's history is increasingly dependent on the legacies of 'great men'.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tony Whyton is Director of the Salford Music Research Centre at the University of Salford. As Professor of Jazz and Musical Cultures, he co-edits the internationally peer-reviewed Jazz Research Journal and, in 2011, edited the jazz volume of the Ashgate Library of Essays on Popular Music. He is the Project Leader for the HERA-funded Rhythm Changes: Jazz Cultures and European Identities programme and author of the forthcoming book Beyond A Love Supreme.
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Introduction: jazz narratives and sonic icons 1. Jazz icons, heroes and myths 2. Jazz and the disembodied voice 3. Not a wonderful world: Louis Armstrong meets Kenny G. 4. Men can't help acting on impulse! 5. Witnessing and the jazz anecdote 6. Dispelling the myth: essentialist Ellington 7. Birth of the school.
Introduction: jazz narratives and sonic icons 1. Jazz icons, heroes and myths 2. Jazz and the disembodied voice 3. Not a wonderful world: Louis Armstrong meets Kenny G. 4. Men can't help acting on impulse! 5. Witnessing and the jazz anecdote 6. Dispelling the myth: essentialist Ellington 7. Birth of the school.
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