The Imperfect Art: Reflections On Jazz And Modern Culture
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 1988 |
| Publisher | Stanford Alumni Association |
| Published in/by Arrangement with | Oxford University Press |
| Copyright Holder | Ted Gioia |
| Publisher Series | The Portable Stanford |
| Series Editor | Miriam Miller |
| Production Director/Manager | Gayle Hemenway |
| Art Director/Editor | Andrew Danish |
| Book Design by | Andrew Danish |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Jeffrey Whitten |
| About/Subject | Jazz |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Stanford |
| Copyright | 1988 |
| Pages / Font | x, 163 pages |
| Barcode | 9780195063288 |
| ISBN | 0-19-506328-7 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 87-34970 |
| Chapters | 1 Louis Armstrong and furniture music 1
2 Jazz and the primitivist myth 19
3 The imperfect art 51
4 Neoclassicism in jazz 73
5 What has jazz to do with aesthetics? 99
6 Boredom and jazz 113
7 Jazz as song 133
Notes 147
About the author 155
Index 157
Credits 163 1 Louis Armstrong and furniture music 1
2 Jazz and the primitivist myth 19
3 The imperfect art 51
4 Neoclassicism in jazz 73
5 What has jazz to do with aesthetics? 99
6 Boredom and jazz 113
7 Jazz as song 133
Notes 147
About the author 155
Index 157
Credits 163 Show all ▾ |
| Notes | Printed in the United States of America Author's foreword dated Palo Alto, June 1987. Includes ten black-and-white photographs |