The birth (and death) of the cool /
Gioia, Ted.
The birth (and death) of the cool / Ted Gioia. - Golden, Colo. : Speck Press, c2009. - x, 251 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Can cool ever be uncool? -- The mystery of my parents' lifestyle -- How cool became so -- The progenitor of cool : Bix Beiderbecke -- The president of cool : Lester Young -- The prince of darkness : Miles Davis -- The signifying bunny, or the birth (and death) of the cool for kids -- Everybody acts like Miles Davis -- Live by the swoosh, die by the swoosh -- America loses its cool -- The sound of postcool music -- The postcool society -- The birth (and death) of the cool : a timeline.
9781933108315 1933108312
2009018827
Lifestyles--History--United States--20th century.
Jazz musicians--United States.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Jazz.
HQ2044.U6 / G56 2009
306.0973/0904
The birth (and death) of the cool / Ted Gioia. - Golden, Colo. : Speck Press, c2009. - x, 251 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Can cool ever be uncool? -- The mystery of my parents' lifestyle -- How cool became so -- The progenitor of cool : Bix Beiderbecke -- The president of cool : Lester Young -- The prince of darkness : Miles Davis -- The signifying bunny, or the birth (and death) of the cool for kids -- Everybody acts like Miles Davis -- Live by the swoosh, die by the swoosh -- America loses its cool -- The sound of postcool music -- The postcool society -- The birth (and death) of the cool : a timeline.
9781933108315 1933108312
2009018827
Lifestyles--History--United States--20th century.
Jazz musicians--United States.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Jazz.
HQ2044.U6 / G56 2009
306.0973/0904