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The Imperfect Art

By Ted Gioia

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The Imperfect Art

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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, Jose 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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Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
176
Release Date:
1991-02-21
Publication Date:
1990-07-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0195063287
ISBN13:
9780195063288
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
265 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
10 cm
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