Rhythm Changes: Jazz, Culture, Discourse

Contents

• Introduction: The Persistence of Authenticity
• 1. The Challenge of the Past: Jazz, Parody, and Jazz Discourse
• They Brainwash and Teach You Hate: From Parody to Protest
• It Ain't Necessarily So: From Caricature to Celebration
• In a Sentimental Mood: From Ridicule to Romanticism
• Notes
• 2. A Few of My Favorite Things: Analyzing Jazz, Interpreting Irony, Assessing Value
• "Saying Something": Coltrane, Irony, and 'My Favorite Things'
• "White Things," Black Things, and a Few Other Things
• "Undeniable Qualities": Homage, Value-For, and Ideological Hegemony
• "Myriad Subtleties," Bebop Parody, and the Question of Context
• "We're in the Money": Irony, Complexity, and Social Normativity
• Notes
• 3. My Only Sunshine: Jazz, Country Music, George Russell, and Musical Meaning
• Way Out West: From Cowhand Sonny to Dangerous Davey
• Cowboy Favorites: Jazz Meets Country Music
• You Are My Sunshine: From Singing Cowboys to Gassed Soulsters
• Happy Endings: George Russell Meets 'You Are My Sunshine'
• Sunshine Redux: From Kiddies Songs to Kitchen Appliances
• Notes
• 4. Divine Revelations: Keith Jarrett, Acoustic Authenticity, and Romantic Genius
• Fun With Toys: Miles, Electricity, and Acoustic Relief
• A Blazing Forth of a Divine Will: Blank Slates, Claptrap, and Emphysemic Goats
• Body and Soul: Sacred Space, the State of Grace, and Everyday Ecstasy
• Blessed With Genius: The Flame Itself, the Man from Porlock, and the Heavenly Ostrich
• Play On, Play On: Robert Bly, the Wild Man, and the Neglected Male Psyche
• Touch the Soil: Elemental Instruments, Indian Country, and the Noble Savage
• Notes
• 5. The Body Electric: Music, Machines, and Mechanical Reproduction
• I Sing the Body Electric: Aesthetic Materialism, Technological Humanism, and Electrical Grandmothers
• Spark of Being: Frankenstein, Electricity, and the Merging of Text and Form
• Undervaluing Overdubbing: Jazz, Spontaneity, and Recording Studio Trickery
• Essential and Divine: Faithful Fidelity, Analogue Authenticity, and "exactly what was played"
• Preserving Spontaneity: Free Improvisation, Live Performance, and the Paradox of Sound Recording
• Notes
• 6. Can Blue Men Sing the Whites? African American Exceptionalism, European Stereotypes, and the Jazz Studies Debate
• Getting To Know You: The 'Afrological,' the 'Eurological,' and the Illogical
• The Anxiety of Affluence: Race, Class, and European 'Privilege'
• A Pan-European Conspiracy? Cultural Nationalism, Nativist Politics, and Foreign Competitors
• The Emancipation Problem: African American Models and German Belligerents
• A Delicate, Nuanced Approach? Humour, Improvisation, and Composer-Centred Music
• Networks of Power: Whiteness, Erasure, and World Harmony
• Postscript: Say It Loud, I'm British and I'm Proud
• Notes
• References
• Discography
• Filmography