Jazz Matters Jazz Matters Sound, Place, and Time Since BeBoP David Ake univerSiTy of california PreSS Berkeley loS angeleS london The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution to this book provided by the University of Nevada, Reno. University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 2010 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ake, David Andrew, 1961–. Jazz matters : sound, place, and time since bebop / David Ake. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. iSBn 978-0-520-26688-9 (cloth : alk. paper) iSBn 978-0-520-26689-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Jazz — History and criticism. 2. Jazz — Social aspects. I. Title. ML3506.A444 2010 781.65'5—dc22 2010008919 Manufactured in the United States of America 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on Cascades Enviro 100, a 100% post consumer waste, recycled, de-inked fiber. FSC recycled certified and processed chlorine free. It is acid free, Ecologo certified, and manufactured by BioGas energy. in memory of Hillary caSe This page intentionally left blank conTenTS liST of illuSTraTionS ix inTroducTion 1 ParT one Sound and Time 1 / Being (and Becoming) John Coltrane: Listening for Jazz “Subjectivity” 17 2 / Musicology beyond the Score and the Performance: Making Sense of the Creak on Miles Davis’s “Old Folks” 37 3 / Sex Mob and the Carnivalesque in Postwar Jazz 54 ParT Two Place and Time 4 / Race, Place, and Nostalgia after the Counterculture: Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny on ECM 77 5 / Rethinking Jazz Education 102 6 / Negotiating National Identity among American Jazz Musicians in Paris 121 acknowledgmenTS 141 aPPendix one. SamPle of american Jazz muSicianS Born Since 1950 wHo STudied Jazz aT THe college level 144 aPPendix Two. inTerview locaTionS and daTeS 150 noTeS 151 index 187 viii conTenTS illuSTraTionS 1. Cover, Miles Davis, Someday My Prince Will Come LP 38 2. Front panel, Sex Mob, Din of Inequity CD 61 3. Inner panels, Sex Mob, Din of Inequity CD 62 4. Cover panel, Sonny Rollins, Way Out West CD 79 5. Back cover, Pat Metheny, New Chautauqua LP 90 6. Front panel, Pat Metheny Group, American Garage CD 97 7. Back panel, Pat Metheny Group, American Garage CD 98 ix
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