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Genre: Arts & Photography, Music
Size: 338 pages
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Music that You Need to Know Before You Die: The Complete Series 1960's-2010's
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Genre: Arts & Photography, Music, Nonfiction
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Stealth Jazz Part II: Educational Dystopia
According to ‘DownBeat' Hall of Fame inductee Tom Smith, education almost single-handedly rescued jazz, then neutered it for reasons having little to do with music. In his opinion, twenty-first century jazz is a misguided art form lacking the willingness to innovate, while some educators favor appeasement through membership in academic tribes, that stifle creativity, amid environments equally divided between ‘hucksterism’ and sincerity. All the while, university tuitions rise, high school programs lose funding, and a larger number ask, “What’s the point?” Still, despite conflict and unnecessary travails, jazz education fights to persevere in muddled and uncertain times. Like its predecessor 'Stealth Jazz: Behind the Curtain, ‘Stealth Jazz Part II’ offers largely anecdotal/ ...
Genre: Arts & Photography, Music
Size: 232 pages
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