The Cool
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"THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF THE COOL" By Ted Gioia (Amazon.com
http://xrl.us/BirthC )
This very attractive book, with a cover that subtly recalls
a Miles Davis LP from over half a century ago, is a study
of how the notion of "cool," with all its elegance and
purity, was co-opted by wretched American corporate types
who, in true fairy-tale fashion, killed the cool golden
goose that they thought was going to lay them golden eggs.
To put it more plainly, the author sets up his work with
three short biographies of early jazz icons -- Bix
Beiderbecke, Lester Young and Miles Davis -- and lays out
what he thinks they stood for, both in their music and in
the outer world.
Then, in just a few following chapters, he takes some
dizzying leaps to places where readers may have trouble
following him...
Continued: http://xrl.us/BCool