Jazz in Contemporary China

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Jazz in Contemporary China is written by Adiel Portugali and published by Taylor & Francis. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1000644464 (ISBN 10) and 9781000644463 (ISBN 13).

Based on interviews, conversations, and observations drawn from extensive field research, Jazz in Contemporary China: Shifting Sounds, Rising Scenes explores the current developments and conditions of Chinese jazz. Negotiating socio-political, cultural, and spatial phenomena, the author provides unique insights for understanding China’s modern history through its happenings in jazz, unveiling an insider’s look at the musicians and individuals who populate and propel these scenes. This first-hand perspective illuminates how jazz generates and disseminates practices of creativity and individuality in twenty-first-century China.