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Play the Way You Feel
The Essential Guide to Jazz Stories on Film
Book • 2020
In 'Play the Way You Feel,' Kevin Whitehead explores the complex and often uneasy relationship between jazz and film.
The book examines a representative sample of films with significant jazz components, providing detailed explanations of their plots and the jazz tropes they employ.
Whitehead highlights how these films often depict the struggle for creative freedom and the challenges faced by jazz musicians.
The book covers 93 years of film history, offering insights into how jazz is portrayed in cinema and the mythologies surrounding jazz and its practitioners.
The book examines a representative sample of films with significant jazz components, providing detailed explanations of their plots and the jazz tropes they employ.
Whitehead highlights how these films often depict the struggle for creative freedom and the challenges faced by jazz musicians.
The book covers 93 years of film history, offering insights into how jazz is portrayed in cinema and the mythologies surrounding jazz and its practitioners.
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Terry Gross as the author of Play the Way You Feel, the essential guide to jazz stories on film.
Terry Gross as the author of Play the Way You Feel, the essential guide to jazz stories on film.
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