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- Author: Tom Smith
- Publisher: INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED
- ISBN-10: 1659186641
- ISBN-13: 9781659186642
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 2 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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In contemporary times, jazz appreciation boils down to a conflict between informed music lovers (dubbed snobs) and 'reachers, ' who deconstruct music while feigning altruism. This third and final book in the 'Stealth Jazz' trilogy is neither history or critique (per se), but a celebration of the open mindedness that once made jazz popular. Like its predecessors, 'The Stealth Jazz Abbreviated Guide to Media' is written in the non-repentant style that labeled its author "The Hunter S. Thompson of Jazz Criticism." Drawing on more than four decades as a world class musician/ educator/ historian, Smith lures readers into accepting his snobbery, while deriding those purposefully ignorant. *** Tom Smith's snobbery is unparalleled. The 'Down Beat' Hall of Fame inductee didn't buy a non-jazz or classical album until he was twenty-four, and rescinded his first car purchase when the dealer mocked Coltrane. Since then, his views have marginally softened, but are still pretty rough.
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- Author: Tom Smith
- Publisher: INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED
- ISBN-10: 1659186641
- ISBN-13: 9781659186642
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 2 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
In contemporary times, jazz appreciation boils down to a conflict between informed music lovers (dubbed snobs) and 'reachers, ' who deconstruct music while feigning altruism. This third and final book in the 'Stealth Jazz' trilogy is neither history or critique (per se), but a celebration of the open mindedness that once made jazz popular. Like its predecessors, 'The Stealth Jazz Abbreviated Guide to Media' is written in the non-repentant style that labeled its author "The Hunter S. Thompson of Jazz Criticism." Drawing on more than four decades as a world class musician/ educator/ historian, Smith lures readers into accepting his snobbery, while deriding those purposefully ignorant. *** Tom Smith's snobbery is unparalleled. The 'Down Beat' Hall of Fame inductee didn't buy a non-jazz or classical album until he was twenty-four, and rescinded his first car purchase when the dealer mocked Coltrane. Since then, his views have marginally softened, but are still pretty rough.
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