Alan John Ainsworth
Biographic Data
| ID | 9007424 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan John Ainsworth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan John |
| FAMILY NAME | Ainsworth |
| SIGNATURE | AINSWORTH A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Independent scholar, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8627-2220 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘A superb library at bargain cost’
Offering access to low-cost authoritative literature, the Jazz Book Club was a successful and influential venture, publishing 66 subscription titles and 11 occasional volumes between 1956 and 1967. The Club was created to meet the demand for information by the rapidly growing post-war jazz audience in Britain. Extending the intellectual discourse of the 1930s, an educated, socially diverse generation coming to jazz in the 1940s and 1950s was seri…
Rhetoric of the Jazz Studio Portrait
This article explores the context and rhetoric of jazz studio portraiture between 1920–45. Often dismissed as publicity material, portraiture as a site of performative agency has been underestimated. These photographs were among the first conscious representations of jazz and tell us much about the emerging self-identity of jazz musicians. In a celebrity age exemplified by Hollywood glamor photography, portraiture was a key element in the negotia…
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Rhetoric of the Jazz Studio Portrait
This article explores the context and rhetoric of jazz studio portraiture between 1920–45. Often dismissed as publicity material, portraiture as a site of performative agency has been underestimated. These photographs were among the first conscious representations of jazz and tell us much about the emerging self-identity of jazz musicians. In a celebrity age exemplified by Hollywood glamor photography, portraiture was a key element in the negotia…
‘A superb library at bargain cost’
Offering access to low-cost authoritative literature, the Jazz Book Club was a successful and influential venture, publishing 66 subscription titles and 11 occasional volumes between 1956 and 1967. The Club was created to meet the demand for information by the rapidly growing post-war jazz audience in Britain. Extending the intellectual discourse of the 1930s, an educated, socially diverse generation coming to jazz in the 1940s and 1950s was seri…
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