Considering Genius Writings on Jazz

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Pub. Date: 2007-04-10
Publisher(s): Basic Books
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Summary

Stanley Crouch-the perennial bull in the china shop of African-American intelligentsia-has been writing about jazz and jazz artists for over thirty years. His reputation for controversy is exceeded only by a universal respect for his intellect and passion. Considering Genius collects some of Crouch's best loved, most influential, and most controversial pieces (published in Jazz Times, The New Yorker, The Village Voice, and elsewhere). The pieces range from the introspective "Jazz Criticism and its Effect on the Art Form" to vivid, intimate portraits of the legendary performers Crouch has known. When Stanley Crouch writes about jazz, he's writing about aesthetics, race, class, bigotry, art, time, cinema, law, hypocrisy and culture. When Crouch writes about jazz, he writes about America. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Stanley Crouch is a columnist, novelist, essayist, and television commentator. He has served since 1987 as an artistic consultant at Lincoln Center and is a co-founder of the department known as Jazz at Lincoln Center. He is the author of Notes of a Hanging Judge and The Artificial White Man, among other titles. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Jazz Me Bluesp. 1
The Makers
Miles Davis in the Fever of Spring, 1961 1998p. 40
Bird Land: Charlie Parker, Clint Eastwood, and America 1989p. 66
Papa Dip: Crescent City Conquistador and Sacrificial Hero Louis Armstrong 1985p. 77
Not So Dizzy 1989p. 83
At the Five Spot Thelonious Monk 1977p. 86
Ahmad Jamal 1989p. 95
Himself When He Was Real: The Art of Charles Mingus 1994p. 100
Blues for the Space Age Ornette Coleman 2002p. 108
Titan of the Blues John Coltrane 1987p. 111
Andrew Hill's Alternative Avant-Garde 1984p. 116
Rooster Ben: King of Romance Ben Webster 1986p. 120
The Last of the Great Bandleaders Sun Ra 1982p. 125
Don't Ask the Critics: Ask Wallace Roney's Peers 2000p. 129
Duke Ellington: Transcontinental Swing 1998p. 133
Thoughts
Martin's Tempo 1992p. 154
The Late, Late Blues: Jazz Modernism 2004p. 157
Blues to Be Constitutional 1995p. 166
Body and Soul, 1983p. 180
Battle Royal
JazzTimes Columns: Introductionp. 206
Jazz Tradition Is Not Innovation January 2002p. 209
The Negro Aesthetic of Jazz October 2002p. 211
Coltrane Derailed September 2002p. 213
Jazz Criticism and Its Effect on the Art Form September 1986p. 216
Jazz's Own Sweet Time November 2002p. 230
Putting the White Man in Charge April 2003p. 232
Piano Prodigy May 2003p. 235
Detours Ahead
On the Corner: The Sellout of Miles Davis 1986p. 240
The Way It Was, The Way It Is
Come Sunday Duke Ellington, Mahalia Jackson 2004p. 258
The Presence Is Always the Point 2000p. 271
Live at the Village Vanguard Wynton Marsalis 1999p. 285
Epiloguep. 297
Indexp. 341
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