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Article: The Rise of a Jazz Art World.(Book Review)
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The Rise of a Jazz Art World. By Paul Lopes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. [vii, 294 p. ISBN 0-521-80191-5. $60 (hbk.); ISBN 0-521-00039-4. $23 (pbk.).] Bibliography, index.
Paul Lopes's detailed and lengthy study explores the evolution of ideas about the nature and significance of jazz, both as a music and as a cultural phenomenon, during the entire twentieth century. Lopes, a sociologist, begins by noting that creators and aficionados of many musical styles seek legitimacy and institutionalization within their culture, and that in the United States the legitimacy that is sought is usually modeled on that afforded European art music. For jazz ...
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...By Maggie Large, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 17--Blue notes mixed with baubles and beads Saturday at the inaugural Arts on Riverdale Jazz & Art Festival. Gorgeous weather, fine tunes and unique arts and crafts drew hundreds throughout the afternoon and
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