Diffusion and Syncretism
The Modern Jazz Tradition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9760945 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Lopes (0000-0003-2920-4464, Tufts University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 566 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-36 |
| Publication date | 1999-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716299566001003 |
| OpenAlex | W4235060852 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article presents an analysis of the musical syncretism involved in the development of a modern jazz tradition in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. It shows how a professional ethos among popular musicians during this period guided their reinterpretation and reinvention of folk, popular, and classical music practices in the creation of this music tradition. It further argues that this ethos led them, in their low-status positions as popular musicians, to affirm their legitimacy through the creation of a high-art aesthetic. In general, this study shows how the social context in the diffusion of jazz practices affected the transformation of these practices in value and form in this century
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Context (archaeology · Diffusion · Epistemology · Ethos · Jazz · Legitimacy · Linguistics · Literature · Musical · Period (music · Physics · Political science · Politics · Popular music · Reinterpretation · Sociology · Syncretism (linguistics · Value (mathematics · Visual arts · Diverse Music Education Insights · History · Law · Music History and Culture · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy · Theater, Performance, and Music History
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2016 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |