Blowin' the Blues Away: Performance and Meaning on the New York Jazz Scene Volume 16

by Travis A. Jackson

Book Overview

New York City has always been a mecca in the history of jazz, and in many ways the city's jazz scene is more important now than ever before. Blowin' the Blues Away examines how jazz has thrived in New York following its popular resurgence in the 1980s. Using interviews, in-person observation, and analysis of live and recorded events, ethnomusicologist Travis A. Jackson explores both the ways in which various participants in the New York City jazz...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520270452
• ISBN13: 9780520270459
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"