Nicholson Is Jazz Dead?

Or Has It Moved to a New Address
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-136-73100-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

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. Is Jazz Dead? dares to ask the question on all jazz fan's minds: Can jazz survive as a living medium? And, if so, how?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nicholson, Stuart

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1 Where Do We Go From Here? The Jazz Mainstream 1990-2000
2 Between Image and Artistry: The Wynton Marsalis Phenomenon
3 Prophets Looking Backwards: Jazz at Lincoln Center
4 Déjà Vu All Over Again: Jazz Singers and Nu-Crooners
5 Jazz Education: Teachers Teaching Teachers
6 Altered Realities and Fresh Possibilities
7 Out of Sight and Out of Mind: Jazz In The Global Village
8 Celebrating the Glocal: The Nordic Tone in Jazz
9 Marketplace or Subsidy: A Question of Survival

Über Autor(innen)

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