Jarrett, Michael, 1953-

Drifting on a read : jazz as a model for writing / Michael Jarrett. - Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (xiv, 227 pages) : illustrations. - SUNY series, interruptions -- border testimony(ies) and critical discourse/s . - Interruptions. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Satura: fil�e (under) gumbo -- Obbligato: required listening -- Rapsody: the counterfeiters -- Charivari: conjugal riffs.

"For almost a century, writers such as Ralph Ellison, Michael Ondaatje, and Ishmael Reed have expressed an affinity for jazz, hearing the music as a model for writing. Michael Jarrett examines their work and the work of others who have brought jazz into language, pushing "interpretation" into the realm of "invention.""--Jacket.


English.

0585301913 9780585301914




Written communication.
Jazz--History and criticism.
Popular culture.
Criticism.
MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Jazz.
Criticism.
Jazz.
Popular culture.
Written communication.
Music.
Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
Music Philosophy.


Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

ML3849 / .J39 1999eb

781.65/11