I do not exaggerate when I insist that it is politically suspect. I tell you that music is, by its very nature, equivocal. There is something uncertain about music, gentlemen. A gift of the Devil, my dear sirs opiates make for lethargy, inflexibility, stagnation, slavish inertia. But what if it does the opposite? What if it dulls us, puts us to sleep, opposes all action and progress? Music can do that too it knows very well the power of opiates. 200 c.e) Music awakens time, awakens us to the finest enjoyment of time music awakens-and thus has moral value. The musicians of our day set as their goal success with their audiences. Today, however, people take up music in a haphazard and irrational manner. In bygone times a feeling for nobility was always maintained in the art of music, and all its elements skillfully retained the orderly beauty appropriate to them. M元507.G53 2004 781.65-dc22 2004000654ġ 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paperįor Lea, Deborah, and Alice and for Robert Christgau and in memory: Lester Bowie Nick Brignola Jaki Byard Benny Carter Rosemary Clooney Tommy Flanagan John Lewis Buddy Tate Weather bird : jazz at the dawn of its second century / Gary Giddins. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Giddins, Gary. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. Weather Bird jazz at the dawn of its second centuryġ Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Sa˜o Paulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo TorontoĬopyright 䉷 2004 by Gary Giddins Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of its Second Centuryīooks by Gary Giddins Weather Bird (2004) Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams (2001) Visions of Jazz: The First Century (1998) Faces in the Crowd (1992) Satchmo (1988) Celebrating Bird (1987) Rhythm-a-ning (1985) Riding on a Blue Note (1981)
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