Isbn: 9780306809255 - Blue: the Murder of Jazz (32 results)

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Trade paperback. Condition: Very Good. Once a thriving body of innovative and fluid music, jazz is now the victim of destructive professional and artistic forces, says Eric Nisenson. Corruption by marketers, appropriation by the mainstream, superficial media portrayal, and sheer lack of skill have all contributed to the demise of this venerable art form. Nisenson persuasively describes how the entire jazz industry is controlled by a select cadre with a choke hold on the most vital components of the music. As the listening culture has changed, have spontaneity and improvisation been sacrificed? You can agree or disagree with Nisenson's thesis and arguments, but as Booklist says, this passion is engrossing.…

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Condition: New. First time in paperback: A leading critic asks the provocative question, Is jazz dying? Num Pages: 272 pages, index. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371. . 2000. Reprint. paperback. . . . .

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Condition: New. First time in paperback: A leading critic asks the provocative question, Is jazz dying? Num Pages: 272 pages, index. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371. . 2000. Reprint. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Condition: Gut. X; 262 S.; 23 cm; kart. Gutes Ex.; Fußschnitt m. Filzstift-Strich. - Englisch. - In this provocative, controversial, and disturbing book, Eric Nisenson declares that jazz, once a thriving body of innovative and fluid music, is being killed. Corruption by marketers, appropriation by the mainstream, superficial media portrayal, and sheer lack of skill have all contributed to the demise of this venerable art form. Nisenson argues that the entire jazz "industry" is controlled by a select cadre that has a choke hold on the most vital components of the music. As the listening culture has changed, have spontaneity and improvisation been sacrificed? Can contemporary jazz recover its vitality or has the seemingly eternal inspiration of jazz has evaporated? . (Verlagstext) / INHALT : THE CASE FOR MURDER ---- YOUNG MAN'S BLUES: RACISM AND AGEISM IN JAZZ ---- THE JAZZ AGE REVOLUTION ---- GENIUS: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF Louis Armstrong ---- DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN ---- SWING AND ITS DISCONTENTS ---- JAZZ REDEFINED: THE BOP REVOLUTION ---- THE 1930S, PART ONE: OUT OF THE COOL ---- THE 195OS, PART TWO: INTO THE HOT ---- (u.a.m.) ISBN 0306809257 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Once a thriving body of innovative and fluid music, jazz is now the victim of destructive professional and artistic forces, says Eric Nisenson. Corruption by marketers, appropriation by the mainstream, superficial media portrayal, and sheer lack of skill have all contributed to the demise of this venerable art form. Nisenson persuasively describes how the entire jazz "industry" is controlled by a select cadre with a choke hold on the most vital components of the music. As the listening culture has changed, have spontaneity and improvisation been sacrificed You can agree or disagree with Nisenson's thesis and arguments, but as Booklist says, "his passion is engrossing.". …