Overview
Jazz history is most often portrayed as a site for individual expression and revolves around the celebration of iconic figures, while the networks and collaborations that enable the music to maintain and sustain its cultural status are surprisingly under-investigated. This collection explores the growth and development of musician-led collectives and the ways in which they offer a powerful model of understanding jazz practice in the post-war period, and includes studies of groups including the New York Musicians Organization, Sweden's Ett minne för livet, Wonderbrass from South Wales, and Austria's JazzWerkstatt. With an international list of contributors and examples from around the world, these twelve essays and case studies examine issues of shared aesthetic vision, socioeconomic and cultural factors, local education, and the relationships between collective, audience, and music industry.
- | Author: Nicholas Gebhardt, Tony Whyton
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Mar 24, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 262 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1138780626
- | ISBN-13: 9781138780620
