Why has jazz proved so troublesome to some and so fulfilling to others? Early on, "respectable" voices condemned jazz as profane, even diabolical, "the Devil's music," defiling received notions of art, sex and race, and threatening the very fabric of American life, to say nothing of that of Western civilization. Traces of these feelings remain in some influential quarters, both black and white. At the same time, some people discovered meanings in jazz more significant than those in any other music or art form. For them, jazz provided ecstatic experience not found in any concert hall or church--epiphanies and catharses carrying feelings of the sacred and magical. And these feelings, along with the charismas of jazz heroes--the Armstrongs, Parkers, and Coltranes--generated strong communal understandings and sect-like groupings with rituals and myths upholding and extending the jazz mystique. True believers genuinely felt their music could supernaturally alter their personal and social lives. Examining music and religion in the broad sense, Neil Leonard uses the work of Max Weber and his followers to consider how listeners have regarded jazz as sacred or magical and created myths and rituals to implement and sustain this belief. In a time when conventional religions are in flux or decline, jazz has provided a focus for spiritual impulses tempered by the anomie, anxieties, and alienations of the twentieth century, Leonard maintains. This book, then, tells us not only about music and society but also about religious behavior in a secular time. About the Author: Neil Leonard is Chairman of the Department of American Civilization at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the author of Jazz and the White Americans.

Jazz: Myth and Religion

Arts & Photography

Leonard, Neil

Music

Oxford University Press

Early critics condemned jazz as profane--even diabolic--labelling it "the Devil's music" which threatened the very fabric of not only American life but also Western civilization as a whole. Simultaneously, however, other people discovered meanings in jazz more significant than those in any other music or art form. For them, jazz provided ecstatic experiences not found in any concert hall or church. These experiences--along with the charismatic personalities of such jazz heroes as Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, and John Coltrane--generated strong communal feelings and sect-like groupings which created rituals and myths to uphold the jazz mystique. In this study of the relationship between music and religion, Neil Leonard uses the work of Max Weber and his followers in order to explore how listeners have come to regard jazz as sacred or magical and have created myths and rituals to sustain this belief. Leonard argues that in a time when conventional religions have fallen into a state of flux, jazz has provided a focus for spiritual impulses tempered by the anxieties and alienations of the twentieth century. Leonard's Jazz tells us not only about music and society but also about religious behavior in a secular time.

Jazz and the White Americans: The Acceptance of a New Art Form.

University of Chicago Press

Creative web design requires knowledge from across the design and technical realms, and it can seem like a daunting task working out where to get started. In this book the authors take you through all you need to know about designing for the web and digital, from initial concepts and client needs, through layout and typography to basic coding, e-commerce and working with different platforms. The companion website provides step-by-step tutorial videos, HTML/CSS styling tips and links to useful resources to really help you get to grips with all the aspects of web design. Working alongside the text are interviews with international designers and critical commentaries looking at best practice and theoretical considerations. Written for graphic designers, this book delivers more than just an instruction manual - it provides a complete overview of designing for the web.

Web and Digital for Graphic Designers

Way, Andrew

Santune, Frédérique

Graphic Design

Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Design Research shows readers how to choose the best method of research in order to save time and get the right results.The book makes readers aware of all the different research methods, as well as how to carry out the most appropriate research for their graphic design projects. All stages of the research process are considered in a dynamic and entertaining style, covering audience, context, trends, sources, documentation, dissemination and more. Students and designers can benefit from this text by learning fresh ways to analyse information obtained by data gathering, and how best to test and prove decisions. The resulting, well-rounded solutions will be informed, innovative, and aesthetically fitting for the brief.

Basics Graphic Design 02: Design Research: Investigation for successful creative solutions

AMBROSE, Gavin

Successful visual outcomes can only be arrived at through the generation of great ideas, driven by research that will ultimately provide the designer with a range of potential design solutions. Basics Graphic Design 03: Idea Generation explores the different ways in which the designer can generate ideas. Consideration is given to audience, context and materials as well as to the many levels of idea generation, from the macro to the micro, from brainstorming to more focused, selective and strategic systems.

Basics Graphic Design 03: Idea Generation

As students prepare to enter the world of work, there are many decisions that they need to make about what type of career they want: Freelancing? Working in a design agency? Setting up their own business? They also need the practical advice about how to work with clients, how to organize themselves, billing, etc. Through interviews with people at all levels of design, the author provides down to earth and straight forward information that is relevant to today's students looking to start a career in design.

Becoming a Successful Graphic Designer (Creative Careers)

Fairchild Books

This book illustrates some of the best work now being done in the authentic reconstruction of the uniforms and equipment of the ever-popular Napoleonic Wars period. Photographs of re-enactment groups "in action" in Britain and on the continent combine with close-up studies of reconstructed uniforms of Wellington's infantry, light infantry, rifles, light and heavy artillery, together with campaign life and camp followers.

Wellington's Army Recreated in Colour Photographs (Europa Militaria)

History

World

Crowood Pr

Design Research shows readers how to choose the best method of research in order to save time and get the right results.The book makes readers aware of all the different research methods, as well as how to carry out the most appropriate research for their graphic design projects. All stages of the research process are considered in a dynamic and entertaining style, covering audience, context, trends, sources, documentation, dissemination and more.
Students and designers can benefit from this text by learning fresh ways to analyse information obtained by data gathering, and how best to test and prove decisions. The resulting, well-rounded solutions will be informed, innovative, and aesthetically fitting for the brief.

AVA Publishing

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Jazz: Myth and Religion

Jazz: Myth and Religion

Jazz and the White Americans: The Acceptance of a New Art Form.

Web and Digital for Graphic Designers

Basics Graphic Design 02: Design Research: Investigation for successful creative solutions

Basics Graphic Design 03: Idea Generation

Becoming a Successful Graphic Designer (Creative Careers)

Wellington's Army Recreated in Colour Photographs (Europa Militaria)

Basics Graphic Design 02: Design Research: Investigation for successful creative solutions

Basics Graphic Design 03: Idea Generation