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Going for jazz : musical practices and American ideology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gebhardt, Nicholas
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Jazz > History and criticism.
Music > Social aspects > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : "But play you must"
  • Sidney Bechet : the virtuosity of construction
  • Charlie Parker : the virtuosity of speed
  • Ornette Coleman : the virtuosity of illusion
  • Epilogue : "A tune beyond ourselves."