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Keeping Time

Keeping Time

Readings in Jazz History
EssaysHistory
Pages
456
Published
2014
Language
English

Synopsis

This collection brings together over seventy selections from contemporary journalism, reviews, memoirs, and interviews to explore the critical issues and controversies that have shaped jazz history for more than a century. It offers a wide range of perspectives, highlighting different reactions to and uses of jazz across various communities. The book aims to deepen historical understanding and encourage discussion by presenting jazz as a rich cultural activity filled with ideas and experiences that have profoundly impacted people.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

InformativeIntellectualComplexThought-Provoking

Genres

Essays History Music

About the author

R
Robert Walser

Robert Walser ( 15. April 1878 in Biel, Kanton Bern; † 25. Dezember 1956 nahe Herisau, Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden) war ein deutschsprachiger Schweizer Schriftsteller. Walser verfasste vier Romane – Jakob von Gunten, Geschwister Tanner, Der Gehülfe und Der Räuber –, die längere Erzählung Der Spaziergang* sowie Kurzgeschichten und Essays. Er gilt als bedeutender Vertreter der literarischen Moderne und der sogenannten Angestelltenliteratur. Seine unkonventionellen, teils rätselhaft wirk...