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2518375Jazz in Search of Itselfhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/jazz-in-search-of-itself-9780300128192/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3327945/aefa055b-a202-4db4-9375-dba990c51af8.jpg?v=63838521489970000011321258MXNYale University PressInStock/Ebooks/<DIV><P>In this engaging and astute anthology of jazz criticism, Larry Kart casts a wide net. Discussing nearly seventy major jazz figures and many of the musics key stylistic developments, Kart sees jazz as a unique perpetual narrative-one in which musicians, their audiences, and the evolving music itself are intimately intertwined.<BR>Because jazz arose from the collision of specific peoples under particular conditions, says Kart, its development has been unusually immediate, visible, and intense. Kart has reacted to and judged the music in a similarly active, attentive, and personal manner. His involvement and attention to detail are visible in these pieces: essays that analyze the supposed return to tradition that the music of Wynton Marsalis has come to exemplify; searching accounts of the careers of Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Bill Evans, and Lennie Tristano; and writing that explores jazzs relationship to American popular song and examines the jazz musicians role as actual and would-be social rebel.</P></DIV>...2453834Jazz in Search of Itself11321258https://www.gandhi.com.mx/jazz-in-search-of-itself-9780300128192/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3327945/aefa055b-a202-4db4-9375-dba990c51af8.jpg?v=638385214899700000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20089780300128192_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_<DIV><P>In this engaging and astute anthology of jazz criticism, Larry Kart casts a wide net. Discussing nearly seventy major jazz figures and many of the musics key stylistic developments, Kart sees jazz as a unique perpetual narrative-one in which musicians, their audiences, and the evolving music itself are intimately intertwined.<BR>Because jazz arose from the collision of specific peoples under particular conditions, says Kart, its development has been unusually immediate, visible, and intense. Kart has reacted to and judged the music in a similarly active, attentive, and personal manner. His involvement and attention to detail are visible in these pieces: essays that analyze the supposed return to tradition that the music of Wynton Marsalis has come to exemplify; searching accounts of the careers of Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Bill Evans, and Lennie Tristano; and writing that explores jazzs relationship to American popular song and examines the jazz musicians role as actual and would-be social rebel.</P></DIV>9780300128192_Yale University Presslibro_electonico_2a2c38a6-aba8-3ea0-9c11-68f11423325f_9780300128192;9780300128192_9780300128192Larry KartInglésMéxico2008-10-01T00:00:00+00:00Yale University Press