The imperfect art : reflections on jazz and modern culture / / Ted Gioia

• Autore: Gioia Ted
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1988; ©1988
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Disciplina: 785.42/09
• Soggetto topico: Jazz - History and criticism; Music - Philosophy and aesthetics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Credits
• Sommario/riassunto: Taking 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 Barth
• Titolo autorizzato: The imperfect art
• ISBN: 0-19-772938-X; 1-280-52474-X; 9786610524747; 0-19-536259-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822476703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II