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7. “Slightly Left of Center”: Atlantic Rec ords and the Problems of Genre
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- List of Illustrations vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
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Part One. Categories
- 1. Incorporation and Distinction in Jazz History and Jazz Historiography 13
- 2. Louis Armstrong Loves Guy Lombardo 31
- 3. The Humor of Jazz 49
- 4. Creating Boundaries in the Virtual Jazz Community 70
- 5. Latin Jazz, Afro- Latin Jazz, Afro- Cuban Jazz, Cubop, Ca rib be an Jazz, Jazz Latin, or Just . . . Jazz: The Politics of Locating an Intercultural Music 89
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Part Two. Practices
- 6. Jazz with Strings: Between Jazz and the Great American Songbook 111
- 7. “Slightly Left of Center”: Atlantic Rec ords and the Problems of Genre 148
- 8. The Praxis of Composition- Improvisation and the Poetics of Creative Kinship 171
- 9. The Sound of Struggle: Black Revolutionary Nationalism and Asian American Jazz 190
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Part Three. Education
- 10. Voices from the Jazz Wilderness: Locating Pacific Northwest Vocal Ensembles within Jazz Education 219
- 11. Crossing the Street: Rethinking Jazz Education 237
- 12. Deconstructing the Jazz Tradition: The “Subjectless Subject” of New Jazz Studies 264
- Contributors 285
- Index 289
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- List of Illustrations vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
-
Part One. Categories
- 1. Incorporation and Distinction in Jazz History and Jazz Historiography 13
- 2. Louis Armstrong Loves Guy Lombardo 31
- 3. The Humor of Jazz 49
- 4. Creating Boundaries in the Virtual Jazz Community 70
- 5. Latin Jazz, Afro- Latin Jazz, Afro- Cuban Jazz, Cubop, Ca rib be an Jazz, Jazz Latin, or Just . . . Jazz: The Politics of Locating an Intercultural Music 89
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Part Two. Practices
- 6. Jazz with Strings: Between Jazz and the Great American Songbook 111
- 7. “Slightly Left of Center”: Atlantic Rec ords and the Problems of Genre 148
- 8. The Praxis of Composition- Improvisation and the Poetics of Creative Kinship 171
- 9. The Sound of Struggle: Black Revolutionary Nationalism and Asian American Jazz 190
-
Part Three. Education
- 10. Voices from the Jazz Wilderness: Locating Pacific Northwest Vocal Ensembles within Jazz Education 219
- 11. Crossing the Street: Rethinking Jazz Education 237
- 12. Deconstructing the Jazz Tradition: The “Subjectless Subject” of New Jazz Studies 264
- Contributors 285
- Index 289