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Jazz Studies Online aims to broaden thinking about jazz. We have selected a wide range of digital resources - journal articles, book chapters, magazines, teaching materials, talks, internet links, and performances - to represent the diversity and innovation in jazz studies. Some of the themes explored here are the impact of jazz on modern art, on cultural and social struggles, and on any field of human interaction that may involve improvisation.

Jazz themes and techniques in the work of Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac's Jazz: A Conversation

Italian literary scholar Sara Villa, whose work on the Beat Generation deals with Kerouac's jazz criticism, met with composer David Amram, Professor John Szwed, and the legendary record producer George Avakian to discuss the film "Pull My Daisy," and other jazz projects involving Kerouac.

 

A jazz publication of exceptionally high quality

The Jazz Review

The Jazz Review published writing on jazz of the highest quality. It offered detailed history, reflections on jazz by leading musicians and critics, and trenchant observations about the jazz milieu. JSO now presents the first seven issues in digital form; more will be added soon.