A guide to and history of movies that tell stories about jazz, Play the Way You Feel looks at how on-screen depictions compare to the real thing, and at the often inventive ways these stories are told.
A guide to and history of movies that tell stories about jazz, Play the Way You Feel looks at how on-screen depictions compare to the real thing, and at the often inventive ways these stories are told.
Kevin Whitehead, the longtime jazz critic for NPR's Fresh Air, has written about jazz, movies, and popular culture for 40 years. His books include New Dutch Swing (1998) and Why Jazz? A Concise Guide (2011). His essays have appeared in such collections as The Cartoon Music Book, Discover Jazz and Traveling the Spaceways: Sun Ra, the Astro-Black and Other Solar Myths . Whitehead has taught at the University of Kansas, Towson University, and Goucher College.
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* Introduction * Prologue: The "I Got Rhythm" of Jazz Movies 1927 and 1946 * Chapter One: Duke's Day and First Features 1929-1940 * Chapter Two: Origin Stories 1941-1947 * Chapter Three: Bands of Brothers 1941-1948 * Chapter Four: Young Men with Horns-the Jazz Biopic's Golden Age 1950-1959 * Chapter Five: The Jazz Musician (and Fan) as Character 1951-1961 * Chapter Six: Independents in Black and White 1961-1967 * Chapter Seven: Spectacles 1972-1984 * Chapter Eight: Suffering Artists 1984-1989 * Chapter Nine: Young Lions and Historical Fictions 1990-2000 * Chapter Ten: The Jazz Musician (and Fan) as Character 1959-2016 * Chapter Eleven: Movies within Movies and New Orleans Comes Back 2008-2019 * Postscript: Print the Legend * Acknowledgments * Notes * Bibliography * Index
* Introduction * Prologue: The "I Got Rhythm" of Jazz Movies 1927 and 1946 * Chapter One: Duke's Day and First Features 1929-1940 * Chapter Two: Origin Stories 1941-1947 * Chapter Three: Bands of Brothers 1941-1948 * Chapter Four: Young Men with Horns-the Jazz Biopic's Golden Age 1950-1959 * Chapter Five: The Jazz Musician (and Fan) as Character 1951-1961 * Chapter Six: Independents in Black and White 1961-1967 * Chapter Seven: Spectacles 1972-1984 * Chapter Eight: Suffering Artists 1984-1989 * Chapter Nine: Young Lions and Historical Fictions 1990-2000 * Chapter Ten: The Jazz Musician (and Fan) as Character 1959-2016 * Chapter Eleven: Movies within Movies and New Orleans Comes Back 2008-2019 * Postscript: Print the Legend * Acknowledgments * Notes * Bibliography * Index
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