Blog Post #8

Academic Sources for Wiki Article on 
Genre: Jazz

1. The reception of Jazz in America.

-This article highlights the chastisement that Jazz received between the years of 1917 and 1930. Though most musical advances have relayed back to jazz. Music such as nineties rap, and rock-n-roll have all been slightly influenced by jazz in someway. Even though jazz was falsely associated with a certain race, when many cultural sub-genre's appeared, such and latin jazz and afro-brazilian jazz.

Anderson, Maureen. "The Reception of Jazz in America." African American Review 38.1 (2004): 135-45. Print. 

2. Reflections of Authentic Jazz life in Pre-Katrina New Orleans

- A relatively first-hand encounter of the tragedy that was Katrina, that inevitably inspired

the genre of jazz to cultivate within the community. A autobiography of sorts that describes how the event of Katrina inspired the author to become a musician and express the grief that was so evident around him.

White, Michael G. "Reflections of an Authentic Jazz Life in Pre-Katrina New Orleans." Journal of American History 94.3 (2007): 820-7. Print. 

3. Kinds of Blue: Toni Morrison, Hans Janowitz, and the Jazz Aesthetic 

 - Describes the difference in tone feeling and rhythm when it comes to Jazz played by African-Americans to played as white americans. The author noted of a white Jazz critic who thought only african-americans played Jazz, was blindfolded and exposed to a jazz trumpeter by the name of Roy Eldridge.

Grandt, Jürgen E. "Kinds of Blue: Toni Morrison, Hans Janowitz, and the Jazz Aesthetic." African American Review 38.2 (2004): 303-22. Print. 

4. Bitter Jazz in Langston Hughes’s DREAM BOOGIE

-  The article speaks of the artistry and soul that goes into the music, even with it’s somber lyrics. He references a poem that can by analyzed by the stanza as how the meaning is transcribed and formulated into words, that have been uplifted onto another medium without losing it’s intended effect.

Brown, Rick. "Bitter Jazz in Langston Hughes's DREAM BOOGIE." Explicator 70.4 (2012): 295-9. Print. 

5. Why Does Jazz Matter to Aesthetic Theory?

-  Describes the quality of pure jazz, and how rare it is to find. He makes a point to note that jazz may possibly be aesthetically pleasing to people, because it is contrasting to other forms of art— even other musical forms. He continues on to note that some aesthetic theories aim to describe while others aim to prescribe, or even do both as it hopes to reassess controversial works. 

Kraut, Robert. "Why does Jazz Matter to Aesthetic Theory?" Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism 63.1 (2005): 3-15. Print.