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Blowin' Hot and Cool
John Gennari
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Description for Blowin' Hot and Cool
Hardcover. Presenting a history of American jazz, this work focuses on jazz criticism from the 1920s. It also talks about jazz's critics and the role they have played not only in defining the history of jazz, but also in shaping jazz's significance in American culture and life. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 183 x 34. Weight in Grams: 802.
In the illustrious and richly documented history of American jazz, no figure has been more controversial than the jazz critic. Jazz critics can be revered or reviled - often both - but they should not be ignored. And while the tradition of jazz has been covered from seemingly every angle, nobody has ever turned the pen back on itself to chronicle the many writers who have helped define how we listen to and how we understand jazz. That is, of course, until now. In "Blowin' Hot and Cool", John Gennari provides a definitive history of jazz criticism from the 1920s ... Read more
In the illustrious and richly documented history of American jazz, no figure has been more controversial than the jazz critic. Jazz critics can be revered or reviled - often both - but they should not be ignored. And while the tradition of jazz has been covered from seemingly every angle, nobody has ever turned the pen back on itself to chronicle the many writers who have helped define how we listen to and how we understand jazz. That is, of course, until now. In "Blowin' Hot and Cool", John Gennari provides a definitive history of jazz criticism from the 1920s ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
494
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226289229
SKU
V9780226289229
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About John Gennari
John Gennari is assistant professor of English at the University of Vermont, where he also directs the African, Latino, and Native American Studies program.
Reviews for Blowin' Hot and Cool
"Finally, a book that lays bare the inner workings of jazz criticism! John Gennari's Blowin' Hot and Cool probes this fascinating story-behind-the-story, revealing how our appreciation of the music has been irreversibly shaped by a handful of influential writers who never recorded a solo or wrote a chart. This book belongs on the shelf of any serious fan of jazz." ... Read more