The blue devils of Nada : a contemporary American approach to aesthetic statement / Albert Murray.
| Author/creator |
Murray, Albert |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Pantheon Books, ©1996. |
| Description | viii, 238 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | The intent of the artist: Regional particulars and universal implications -- Two all-American artists first person singular: Duke Ellington vamping till ready -- Comping for Count Basie -- The Armstrong continuum: The twentieth-century American herald -- The Ellington synthesis: The vernacular imperative -- Storiella Americana as she is swyung; or, The blues as representative anecdote -- Armstrong and Ellington stomping the blues in Paris -- The visual equivalent to blues composition: Bearden plays Bearden -- The storyteller as blues singer: Ernest Hemingway swinging the blues and taking nothing. |
| Abstract | An exploration of the blues aesthetic in writing, music, and art, as "stylized expressions of transcendence through sheer style, always informed by an awareness of the vicissitudes of life." |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 95023331 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | NX512.3.A35 M87 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |