Description |
1 online resource (x, 277 p.) |
Series |
Studies in jazz ; 60 |
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Studies in jazz ; no. 60.
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Contents |
Is jazz about music anymore? -- The activist jazz writers -- Good intentions and bad history -- What gets left out -- The road to radicalism -- Radical ideas and retro music -- The biggest myth of all -- It's strictly business -- Copyrights : accounting without accountability -- Show me the money -- Is everything about race? -- Tomorrow is the question |
Summary |
Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet tackles a controversial question: Is jazz the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination, or is it more properly understood as the juncture of a wide variety of influences under the broader umbrella of American culture? This book does not question that jazz was created and largely driven by African Americans, but rather posits that black culture has been more open to outside influences than most commentators are likely to admit. The majority of jazz writers, past |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-258) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Jazz -- History and criticism
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Jazz -- Political aspects -- United States
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Music and race -- United States
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Jazz.
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Jazz
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Music and race
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Politik
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Rassenkonflikt
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Jazz
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Jazz.
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Ethnische Beziehung.
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United States
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USA.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2020740367 |
ISBN |
9780810869905 |
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081086990X |
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9781282480339 |
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1282480332 |
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9786612480331 |
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6612480335 |
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