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Arts Commentary: The Author of “The Jazz Bubble” Responds

“What is new since the ’70s is a much broader ideological shift in the business world itself, and the way in which it came to approach the jazz world as a result.”

By: Dale Chapman Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Jazz, Music Tagged: Dale Chapman, Jazz, The Jazz Bubble, University of California Press

Commentary/Interview: “The Jazz Bubble” — The Arts, Commodified

In what ways are the arts themselves (and our understanding of them) being shaped to serve the ethos of corporate profit-making?

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Dale Chapman, Jazz, The Jazz Bubble, University of California Press

Book Review: The Sad Tenderness of Patrick Modiano’s “Dora Bruder”

Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano understands that time periods can mesh, interpenetrate, layer up, blend, and blur naturally in the mind.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, World Books Tagged: Dora Bruder, french, Jews, Parsian, Patrick Modiano, translation, University of California Press, World War II

Book Review: Director Edgar G. Ulmer — Hollywood’s Master of the Eclectic Led a Doozy of a Life

This is an invaluable volume that can and should be read in conjunction with one’s own Ulmer movie marathon.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Film Tagged: Edgar G. Ulmer, Noah Isenberg, University of California Press

Book Review: “The Amazing Bud Powell” — A Disappointing Study of a Jazz Legend

Ramsey’s book on Bud Powell is both a provocative read and a disappointing one. Anyone thinking this will be an illuminating portrait of a jazz master is likely to suffer a serious case of buyer’s remorse.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Jazz, Review Tagged: Bud Powell, Guthrie Ramsey, Jazz History, Steve Elman, The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, University of California Press

Book Review: Words From a Bedeviled Life — “Mingus Speaks”

The best parts of this book of interviews come when Charles Mingus or his collaborators talk about the music.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Jazz Tagged: Charles Mingus, John F. Goodman, Mingus Speaks, University of California Press

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