| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
American made music series |
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American made music series.
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| Contents |
The formation of the jazz image in visual culture -- The construction of signs in jazz photography -- Ceci n'est pas jazz : the battle for ownership -- A "style portrait" of the avant-garde -- The visual image of jazz -- Appendix A : Herman Leonard timeline 1923 to 2006 -- Appendix B : List of exhibitions for Herman Leonard's photography |
| Summary |
Typically, a photograph of a jazz musician has several formal pre-requisites: black and white film, an urban setting in the mid-twentieth century, and a black man standing, playing, or sitting next to his instrument. This book reveals how such a steadfast script developed visually and what this convention meant for the music. Herman Leonard's photographic depictions of African American jazz musicians in New York not only created a visual template of a black musician of the 1950s, but also became the standard configuration of the music's neo-classical sound today |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-235) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010.
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| SUBJECT |
Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010 fast |
| Subject |
Jazz musicians -- Portraits
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Jazz -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1941-1950 -- History and criticism
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Jazz -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1951-1960 -- History and criticism
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Portrait photography -- New York (State) -- New York
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PHOTOGRAPHY -- Subjects & Themes -- General.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Jazz.
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Jazz
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Jazz musicians
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Portrait photography
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New York (State) -- New York
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Portraits
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009052114 |
| ISBN |
9781604734959 |
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1604734957 |
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