Sound Tracks: A Musical ABC, Volumes 1-3

Author:   Michael Jarrett
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Volume:   v. 1-3
ISBN:  

9781566396417


Pages:   294
Publication Date:   06 October 1998
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Author:   Michael Jarrett
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Volume:   v. 1-3
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781566396417


ISBN 10:   1566396417
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   06 October 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

CONTENTS Introduction Volume 1 ambient music bolton cool cool jazz Dixie EOM funk Genesis 11: 1-9 hyperacusis implied grunge jukebox Kasenetz & Katz LP muso Nudie old school pop vs. rock Quem quaeritis reverb soul music tarantella ukulele virginal Whitney Houston syndrome X [Christ] Young, Neil zymo-xyl Volume 2 album alternative bebop chess Carol dancehall EML flamenco groove harmolodics importance improvise Jubal krautrock Leslie mbaqanga Mekons nigger Orpheus pedal steel quiz rockabilly ska trope urbane verity wah-wah pedal X [border radio] Yodeling Cowboy Zulu Nation Volume 3 authenticity bossa nova brush arbor croon DIDs doo-wop electromagnetic tape engineer falsetto gospel hard bop ictus jazz kick Leno, Jay minstrel cycle Nashville sound obbligato pubk Qiana rhapsody shivaree soul jazz trainspotter Ursonate venerable Frog watusi X [variable] Yardbird zine Appendix CD Covers

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I can think of no better introduction to the critical theory that is now at the heart of popular music studies. Jarrett's book is erudite, enlightening, and consistently enjoyable. --Krin Gabbard, author of Jammin' at the Margins: Jazz and the American Cinema


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Michael Jarrett is Associate Professor of English, Pennsylvania State University, York, and the author of Drifting on a Read: Jazz as a Model for Writing (forthcoming).

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