Going for jazz
Subtitle: musical practices and American ideology
By: Nicholas Gebhardt.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press; University Of Chicago Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Jazz -- History and criticism; Music -- Social aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-225), discography (p. 225-226), and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : "But play you must"; title: Sidney Bechet : the virtuosity of construction; title: Charlie Parker : the virtuosity of speed; title: Ornette Coleman : the virtuosity of illusion; title: Epilogue : "A tune beyond ourselves."