What Is This Thing Called Soul?

How does academic jazz education impact the Black cultural value of
soulfulness and esthetic standards in contemporary jazz music? Through
candid conversations with nine of the country’s most highly respected jazz
practitioners and teachers, What Is This Thing Called Soul explores the
potential consequences of forcing the Black musical style of jazz into an
academic pedagogical system that is specifically designed to facilitate the
practice and pedagogy of European classical music.

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