Blowin' the Blues Away : Performance and Meaning on the New York Jazz Scene /

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Author / Creator:Jackson, Travis A.
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (318 pages)
Language:English
Series:Music of the African diaspora ; 16
Music of the African diaspora ; 16.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11150368
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ISBN:9780520951921
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:New York City has always been a mecca in the history of jazz, and in many ways the city's jazz scene is more important now than ever before. Blowin' the Blues Away examines how jazz has thrived in New York following its popular resurgence in the 1980s. Using interviews, in-person observation, and analysis of live and recorded events, ethnomusicologist Travis A. Jackson explores both the ways in which various participants in the New York City jazz scene interpret and evaluate performance, and the criteria on which those interpretations and evaluations are based. Through the notes and words of i.
Other form:Print version: Jackson, Travis A. Blowin' the Blues Away : Performance and Meaning on the New York Jazz Scene. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012 9780520270442