Is Jazz Dead?

Nicholson, Stuart

ISBN 10: 0415975832 / ISBN 13: 9780415975834

Published by Routledge, New York, NY, 2005

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Condition: Very Good.

Trade paperback.

Covers show light shelf wear, minor edgewear, and light corner wear. A small crease is present at the upper corner of the rear cover. Spine is uncreased and square. Binding remains tight and secure. Pages are clean and unmarked with no writing, highlighting, underlining, bookplates, stamps, or ex-library markings observed. No loose or missing pages noted. Listing photos show the exact copy included in this sale.

Subjects include jazz history, jazz criticism, jazz education, music scholarship, improvisation, jazz performance, cultural history, arts funding, music institutions, international jazz scenes, Scandinavian jazz, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis, contemporary music movements, and the evolution of jazz during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The text examines changing approaches to jazz performance, preservation, education, criticism, and global development.

Seller Inventory # M_137

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Is Jazz Dead?
• Publisher: Routledge, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415975832
• ISBN 13: 9780415975834
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 5.98W x 9.02H x 0.65D inches 5.98 inches width by 9.02 inches height by 0.65 inches depth
• Weight: 0.9 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art History
  • History Books
  • Arts & Photography Books
  • Social History

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Synopsis

Is Jazz Dead? examines the state of jazz in America at the turn of the twenty-first century. Musicians themselves are returning to New Orleans, Swing, and Bebop styles, while the work of the '60s avant-garde and even '70s and '80s jazz-rock is roundly ignored. Meanwhile, global jazz musicians are creating new and exciting music that is just starting to be heard in the United States, offering a viable alternative to the rampant conservatism here. Stuart Nicholson's thought-provoking book offers an analysis of the American scene, how it came to be so stagnant, and what it can do to create a new level of creativity. This book is bound to be controversial among jazz purists and musicians; it will undoubtedly generate discussion about how jazz should grow now that it has become a recognized part of American musical history. IsJazz Dead? dares to ask the question on all jazz fan's minds: Can jazz survive as a living medium? And, if so, how?

About the Author

Stuart Nicholson is an award-winning author of several best-selling books on jazz, including Reminiscing inTempo: A Portrait of Duke Ellington , Jazz-Rock: AHistory , Billie Holiday: A Biography , and EllaFitzgerald: A Biography . He writes regularly for leading US and European newspapers and jazz journals. He lives in England.