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Eurojazzland
The critical role of Europe in the music, personalities, and analysis of jazz
The Politics of Authenticating
The Politics of Authenticating: Revisiting New Orleans Jazz sets forth an entirely new approach to the study of authenticity, based not upon a search for finding the ‘true’ meaning of the concept or ‘unmasking’ its claims. Rather, it details a grounded theory of ‘authenticating’ as a basic socio-political process, important in understanding the origins, development and consequences of competing knowledge claims in diverse areas of human experience and activity over time and place. The book is part jazz historiography, part autoethnography, and part memoir. It details Richard Ekins revisiting of the quest for authenticity in the social worlds of international New Orleans revivalis...
Preservation Hall
Carter tells the story of the hall itself, the personalities who ran it, and above all, the music and musicians of New Orleans.
In the Course of Performance
In the Course of Performance is the first book in decades to illustrate and explain the practices and processes of musical improvisation. Improvisation, by its very nature, seems to resist interpretation or elucidation. This difficulty may account for the very few attempts scholars have made to provide a general guide to this elusive subject. With contributions by seventeen scholars and improvisers, In the Course of Performance offers a history of research on improvisation and an overview of the different approaches to the topic that can be used, ranging from cognitive study to detailed musical analysis. Such diverse genres as Italian lyrical singing, modal jazz, Indian classical music, Java...
The Tio Family
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The Mississippi Rag
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Fallen Heroes
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ARSC Journal
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Profoundly Blue
"This book attempts to portray the life and career of one of the greatest musicians in the history of jazz, clarinetist Edmond Hall. Rather than spotlight just the high points in the career of the artist, Profoundly Blue is meant to illustrate the man and his life; a life that was not entirely blissful. " - Introduction.
