Gioia, Ted. <br/><br/>
The birth (and death) of the cool / 
Ted Gioia. 
 - Golden, Colo. :  Speck Press,  c2009. 
 - x, 251 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781933108315 1933108312 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009018827 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lifestyles--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Jazz musicians--United States.<br/>Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Jazz.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ2044.U6  / G56 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.0973/0904