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The Imperfect Art : Reflections on Jazz and Modern Culture

By Ted Gioia

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Year
1990
ISBN
9780195362596, 9780195063288
LCC
ML3506.G56 1988
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11763455 bytes)
Pages
175\175
Time added
2023-08-17 17:40:07
Jazz--History and criticism.

Description

Taking a wide-ranging approach rare in jazz criticism, Ted Gioia's brilliant volume 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 Barthes, The Imperfect Art offers vivid portraits of the giants of jazz and startling insights into this vital musical form and the interaction of society and art.

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