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      Play the Way You Feel: The Essential Guide to Jazz Stories on Film

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      A guide to and history of movies that tell stories about jazz, Play the Way You Feel looks at how on-screen depictions compare to the real thing, and at the often inventive ways these stories are told.
      Jazz stories have been entwined with cinema since the inception of jazz ...

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      Product ID:9780190847579
      Product Form:Hardback
      Country of Manufacture:US
      Title:Play the Way You Feel
      Subtitle:The Essential Guide to Jazz Stories on Film
      Authors:Author: Kevin Whitehead
      Page Count:400
      Subjects:Films, cinema, Films, cinema, Theory of music and musicology, Popular music, Theory of music & musicology, Jazz
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      A guide to and history of movies that tell stories about jazz, Play the Way You Feel looks at how on-screen depictions compare to the real thing, and at the often inventive ways these stories are told.
      Jazz stories have been entwined with cinema since the inception of jazz film genre in the 1920s, giving us origin tales and biopics, spectacles and low-budget quickies, comedies, musicals, and dramas, and stories of improvisers and composers at work. And the jazz film has seen a resurgence in recent years--from biopics like Miles Ahead and HBO''s Bessie, to dramas Whiplash and La La Land. In Play the Way You Feel, author and jazz critic Kevin Whitehead offers a comprehensive guide to these films and other media from the perspective of the music itself. Spanning 93 years of film history, the book looks closely at movies, cartoons, and a few TV shows that tell jazz stories, from early talkies to modern times, with an eye to narrative conventions and common story points. Examining the ways historical films have painted a clear picture of the past or overtly distorted history, Play the Way You Feel serves up capsule discussions of sundry topics including Duke Ellington''s social life at the Cotton Club, avant-garde musical practices in 1930s vaudeville, and Martin Scorsese''s improvisatory method on the set of New York, New York. Throughout the book, Whitehead brings the same analytical bent and concise, witty language listeners know from his jazz segments on NPR''s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. He investigates well-known songs, traces the development of the stock jazz film ending, and offers fresh, often revisionist takes on works by such directors as Howard Hawks, John Cassavetes, Shirley Clarke, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Spike Lee, Robert Altman, Woody Allen and Damien Chazelle. In all, Play the Way You Feel is a feast for film-genre fanatics and movie-watching jazz enthusiasts.
      Imprint Name:Oxford University Press Inc
      Publisher Name:Oxford University Press Inc
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2020-07-01

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      Weight1022 g
      Dimensions188 × 267 × 35 mm