| Description |
x, 257 pages ; 23 cm |
| ISBN |
9780520285408 cloth |
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0520285409 cloth |
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9780520285415 paperback |
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0520285417 paperback |
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9780520960893 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Fragmented memories and activist archives -- Influences, antecedents, early engagements -- The jazz loft era -- Freedom -- Community -- Space -- Archive -- Aftermaths and legacies. |
| Summary |
The New York loft jazz scene of the 1970s was a pivotal period for uncompromising, artist-produced work. Faced with a flagging jazz economy, a group of young avant-garde improvisers chose to eschew the commercial sphere and develop alternative venues in the abandoned factories and warehouses of Lower Manhattan. Loft Jazz provides the first book-length study of this period, tracing its history amid a series of overlapping discourses surrounding collectivism, urban renewal, experimentalist aesthetics, underground archives, and the radical politics of self-determination. |
| Library Class |
Music F80:85
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| Subject |
Jazz -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1971-1980 -- History and criticism.
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Jazz -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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