Jazz: New Perspectives on the History of Jazz by Twelve of the World's Foremost Jazz Critics and Scholars

By Nat Hentoff and Albert J. Hentoff, Nat; McCarthy

Book Overview

The names of Nat Hentoff and Albert J. McCarthy have become almost synonymous with jazz writing. Hentoff, editor of Jazz Review, writer for Downbeat, High Fidelity, New Yorker, and the Village Voice, and McCarthy, editor of Jazz Monthly, have raised jazz beyond mere appreciation and discography to a subject which demands the rigorous application of musicological, sociological, and historical analysis. In addition to their own contributions, the twelve articles they have commissioned by internationally noted critics and scholars provide almost revolutionary evidence of the emergence of Jazz as a serious art form.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306800020
• ISBN13: 9780306800023
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Da Capo
• Length: 387 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Nat Hentoff does it again....WOW!

I am always searching for a new perspective of life. For me jazz is life! This book opened my eyes to a new perspective of jazz. This book has been my guiding light to jazz music and a passage way through life.