{"product_id":"the-imperfect-art-reflections-on-jazz-and-modern-culture-paperback","title":"The Imperfect Art: Reflections on Jazz and Modern Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTed Gioia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking a wide-ranging approach rare in jazz criticism, Ted Gioia's brilliant volume draws upon fields as disparate as literary criticism, art history, sociology, and aesthetic philosophy in order to place jazz within the turbulent cultural environment of the twentieth century. He argues that because improvisation--the essence of jazz--must often fail under the pressure of on-the-spot creativity, we should view jazz as an \"imperfect art\" and base our judgments of it on an \"aesthetics of imperfection.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncorporating the thought of such seminal thinkers as Walter Benjamin, José Ortega y Gasset, and Roland Barthes, \u003cem\u003eThe Imperfect Art\u003c\/em\u003e offers vivid portraits of the giants of jazz and startling insights into this vital musical form and the interaction of society and art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTed Gioia\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches jazz history and performance at Stanford University and has recorded an album as a jazz pianist, \u003cem\u003eThe End of the Open Road\u003c\/em\u003e, available from Quartet Records.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53099887853875,"sku":"9780195063288","price":73.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OHg0MzJGa0pKVVZYS0REQXdzNEEyQT09.webp?v=1772481327","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-imperfect-art-reflections-on-jazz-and-modern-culture-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}