Article: The Rise of a Jazz Art World.(Book Review)

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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