02586nam 2200577 450 991078479850332120230331005423.00-19-772938-X1-280-52474-X97866105247470-19-536259-4(CKB)1000000000398943(EBL)4702648(SSID)ssj0000299380(PQKBManifestationID)12113215(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000299380(PQKBWorkID)10240784(PQKB)11058412(Au-PeEL)EBL4702648(CaPaEBR)ebr11273678(OCoLC)870243672(MiAaPQ)EBC4702648(EXLCZ)99100000000039894320161012h19881988 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe imperfect art reflections on jazz and modern culture /Ted GioiaNew York ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1988.©19881 online resource (175 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-506328-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; 1 Louis Armstrong and Furniture Music; 2 Jazz and the Primitivist Myth; 3 The Imperfect Art; 4 Neoclassicism in Jazz; 5 What Has Jazz to Do with Aesthetics?; 6 Boredom and Jazz; 7 Jazz as Song; Notes; About the Author; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; CreditsTaking a wide-ranging approach rare in jazz criticism, Ted Gioia draws upon fields as disparate as literary criticism, art history, sociology, and aesthetic philosophy in order to place jazz within the turbulent cultural environment of the twentieth century. He argues that because improvisation--the essence of jazz--must often fail under the pressure of on-the-spot creativity, we should view jazz as an ""imperfect art"" and base our judgments of it on an ""aesthetics of imperfection."" Incorporating the thought of such seminal thinkers as Walter Benjamin, José Ortega y Gasset, and Roland BarthJazzHistory and criticismMusicPhilosophy and aestheticsJazzHistory and criticism.MusicPhilosophy and aesthetics.785.42/09Gioia Ted600174MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784798503321The imperfect art3725211UNINA