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"...a notable addition to the burgeoning academic literature on jazz and the cultures surrounding it." * All About Jazz *
"Chapman offers fresh interpretations of some iconic moments in jazz history . . . as well as meticulously researched local histories that are likely to be new to many readers," * Jazz and Culture *

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Banks, Bonds, and Blues
1. “Controlled Freedom”: Jazz, Risk, and Political Economy
2. “Homecoming”: Dexter Gordon and the 1970s Fiscal Crisis in New York City
3. Selling the Songbook: The Political Economy of Verve Records (1956–1990)
4. Bronfman’s Bauble: The Corporate History of the Verve Music Group (1990–2005)
5. Jazz and the Right to the City: Jazz Venues and the Legacy of Urban Redevelopment in California
6. The “Yoshi’s Effect”: Jazz, Speculative Urbanism, and Urban Redevelopment in Contemporary San Francisco

Notes
Works Cited
Index

The Jazz Bubble Neoclassical Jazz in Neoliberal

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 23/03/2018
      ISBN13: 9780520279377, 978-0520279377
      ISBN10: 0520279379

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "...a notable addition to the burgeoning academic literature on jazz and the cultures surrounding it." * All About Jazz *
      "Chapman offers fresh interpretations of some iconic moments in jazz history . . . as well as meticulously researched local histories that are likely to be new to many readers," * Jazz and Culture *

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments

      Introduction: Banks, Bonds, and Blues
      1. “Controlled Freedom”: Jazz, Risk, and Political Economy
      2. “Homecoming”: Dexter Gordon and the 1970s Fiscal Crisis in New York City
      3. Selling the Songbook: The Political Economy of Verve Records (1956–1990)
      4. Bronfman’s Bauble: The Corporate History of the Verve Music Group (1990–2005)
      5. Jazz and the Right to the City: Jazz Venues and the Legacy of Urban Redevelopment in California
      6. The “Yoshi’s Effect”: Jazz, Speculative Urbanism, and Urban Redevelopment in Contemporary San Francisco

      Notes
      Works Cited
      Index

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