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The birth (and death) of the cool / Ted Gioia.

By: Publication details: Golden, Colo. : Speck Press, c2009.Description: x, 251 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781933108315
  • 1933108312
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.0973/0904 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ2044.U6 G56 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
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.

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.

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