Considering Genius

Writings on Jazz

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music
Cover of the book Considering Genius by Stanley Crouch, Basic Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Stanley Crouch ISBN: 9780786733750
Publisher: Basic Books Publication: April 27, 2009
Imprint: Civitas Books Language: English
Author: Stanley Crouch
ISBN: 9780786733750
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication: April 27, 2009
Imprint: Civitas Books
Language: English

Stanley Crouch-MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient, co-founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center, National Book Award nominee, and perennial bull in the china shop of black intelligentsia-has been writing about jazz and jazz artists for more than thirty years. His reputation for controversy is exceeded only by a universal respect for his intellect and passion. As Gary Giddons notes: “Stanley may be the only jazz writer out there with the kind of rhinoceros hide necessary to provoke and outrage and then withstand the fulminations that come back.” In Considering Genius, Crouch collects some of his best loved, most influential, and most controversial pieces (published in Jazz Times, The New Yorker, the Village Voice, and elsewhere), together with two new essays. The pieces range from the introspective “Jazz Criticism and Its Effect on the Art Form” to a rollicking debate with Amiri Baraka, to vivid, intimate portraits of the legendary performers Crouch has known.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Stanley Crouch-MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient, co-founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center, National Book Award nominee, and perennial bull in the china shop of black intelligentsia-has been writing about jazz and jazz artists for more than thirty years. His reputation for controversy is exceeded only by a universal respect for his intellect and passion. As Gary Giddons notes: “Stanley may be the only jazz writer out there with the kind of rhinoceros hide necessary to provoke and outrage and then withstand the fulminations that come back.” In Considering Genius, Crouch collects some of his best loved, most influential, and most controversial pieces (published in Jazz Times, The New Yorker, the Village Voice, and elsewhere), together with two new essays. The pieces range from the introspective “Jazz Criticism and Its Effect on the Art Form” to a rollicking debate with Amiri Baraka, to vivid, intimate portraits of the legendary performers Crouch has known.

More books from Basic Books

Cover of the book Celestial Bodies by Stanley Crouch
Cover of the book You Are Here by Stanley Crouch
Cover of the book Presidential Doodles by Stanley Crouch
Cover of the book Curious by Stanley Crouch
Cover of the book Why Orwell Matters by Stanley Crouch
Cover of the book Confronting Iran by Stanley Crouch
Cover of the book Why Beauty Is Truth by Stanley Crouch
Cover of the book Gorge by Stanley Crouch
Cover of the book The Quarter-Acre Farm by Stanley Crouch
Cover of the book The Pattern On The Stone by Stanley Crouch
Cover of the book The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Stanley Crouch
Cover of the book Africa's Armies by Stanley Crouch
Cover of the book BiblioTech by Stanley Crouch
Cover of the book The Essential Talmud by Stanley Crouch
Cover of the book The Right to Vote by Stanley Crouch
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy