Fascinating Rhythm

by Yaffe, David

• ISBN13: 9780691123578
• ISBN10: 0691123578
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-07
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

"David Yaffe's Fascinating Rhythm does not simply fill a gaping vacuum in contemporary literary studies. It is likely to become the canonical text on jazz and literature, radically influencing all future writing on the subject. Each chapter is unique in its approach and sheds new light on books and poems we thought we knew."--Krin Gabbard, State University of New York"Written with a combination of vigor and shrewdness that is rare in jazz studies, Fascinating Rhythm possesses a clarity of argument that is both inviting and provocative. Yaffe captures the flavor of the jazz musicians and writers he covers--something of the elegance of Ralph Ellison, the saltiness of Miles Davis, and the bristle and energy of Charles Mingus."--Scott Saul, University of California, Berkeley"Yaffe is one of the best informed--probably the best--of the younger scholars working in the relationship of jazz and the arts. His writing is clear, his descriptions evocative, and his comments judicious and shrewd. This is a book that should be read by serious students of America's arts, including the jazz scholars, and those in literature, American history, and American studies."--John Szwed, Yale University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(14)
1. WHITE NEGROES AND NATIVE SONS
BLACKS AND JEWS IN WORDS AND MUSIC	15	(46)
2. LISTENING TO ELLISON
TRANSGRESSION AND TRADITION IN ELLISON'S JAZZ WRITINGS	61	(38)
3. STOMPING THE MUSE
JAZZ, POETRY, AND THE PROBLEMATIC MUSE	99	(51)
4. LOVE FOR SALE
HUSTLING THE JAZZ MEMOIR	150	(49)
Notes	199	(16)
Bibliography	215	(10)
Index	225