Struggling with Jazz
As a musicologist, I'm accustomed to forming opinions that nobody in particular wants to hear. So when Ken Burns's mega-documentary Jazz first aired on PBS in January 2001, it was an interesting time to be an aca-demic specialist in jazz. Suddenly everyone, from close friends to casual acq...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Columbia University Libraries
2001-02-01
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| Series: | Current Musicology |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/article/view/4830 |
| Summary: | As a musicologist, I'm accustomed to forming opinions that nobody in particular wants to hear. So when Ken Burns's mega-documentary Jazz first aired on PBS in January 2001, it was an interesting time to be an aca-demic specialist in jazz. Suddenly everyone, from close friends to casual acquaintances, was asking what I thought, and a surprising number actually wanted to hear the answers. |
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| ISSN: | 0011-3735 |