The birth (and death) of the cool
By: Ted Gioia.
Publisher: Speck Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Golden, Colo
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781933108315
Subjects: Lifestyles -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Jazz musicians -- United States; Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Jazz
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Can cool ever be uncool?; title: The mystery of my parents' lifestyle; title: How cool became so; title: The progenitor of cool : Bix Beiderbecke; title: The president of cool : Lester Young; title: The prince of darkness : Miles Davis; title: The signifying bunny, or the birth (and death) of the cool for kids; title: Everybody acts like Miles Davis; title: Live by the swoosh, die by the swoosh; title: America loses its cool; title: The sound of postcool music; title: The postcool society; title: The birth (and death) of the cool : a timeline.