Jazz in Short Measures Jazz History in 10 Lectures With Selected Recommendations

Jazz In Short Measures--Jazz can be written about and discussed in a variety of ways. Most recent scholarship reveals dissatisfaction with a strictly academic perspective, not allowing for the personal lives and hardships, independent of styles and periods, to inform. History is, after all, recovering the actions, feelings and experiences of people. They are often unaware of their place in time or "allegiance" to a particular movement. This is frequently not even possible as trends and movements are identified, whether deserved or not, after the fact. For the Jazz musician, it has often been the case that overcoming barriers has been much more in the consciousness, than say reacting to or joining in one style or another. Jazz is a very personal music and one that reveals a tremendous wealth of individual achievement. Jazz in short measures, succinctly well written by Dr. Lewis Rosengarten, endeavors to distill the essentials points of the musical lives, struggles and achievements in Jazz, while presenting a multi-dimensional perspective--a perfect addition to any study or course.Rosengarten, Lewis is the author of 'Jazz in Short Measures Jazz History in 10 Lectures With Selected Recommendations' with ISBN 9780595190362 and ISBN 0595190367.