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Indlæser... Considering Genius: Writings on Jazzaf Stanley Crouch
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Crouch could really write - the prologue, his long review of Miles Davis Live at Carnegie Hall, and his searing rebuttal to Clint Eastwood's Charlie Parker movie are truly fantastic essays and I would recommend them to anyone, whether they like jazz or not. But on too many of the other essays Crouch seems to get drunk on flights of rhetoric that do little for the reader and quickly become exhausting. And his use of the term "Negro" instead of "Black"--in the late '90s!--seems like an odd affectation, but I guess that's not for me to say. ( ) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Stanley Crouch-MacArthur Genius" Award recipient, co-founder of Jazz at Lincoln centre, National Book Award nominee, and perennial bull in the china shop of black intelligentsia-has been writing about jazz and jazz artists for more than thirty years. His reputation for controversy is exceeded only by a universal respect for his intellect and passion. As Gary Giddons notes: Stanley may be the only jazz writer out there with the kind of rhinoceros hide necessary to provoke and outrage and then withstand the fulminations that come back." In Considering Genius , Crouch collects some of his best loved, most influential, and most controversial pieces (published in Jazz Times , The New Yorker , the Village Voice , and elsewhere), together with two new essays. The pieces range from the introspective Jazz Criticism and Its Effect on the Art Form" to a rollicking debate with Amiri Baraka, to vivid, intimate portraits of the legendary performers Crouch has known. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)781.6509The arts Music General principles and musical forms Traditions of music Jazz {equally instrumental and vocal}LC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
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