French Music and Jazz in Conversation

French Concert Music And Jazz Often Enjoyed A Special Creative Exchange Across The Period 190065. French Modernist Composers Were Particularly Receptive To Early African-American Jazz During The Interwar Years And American Jazz Musicians Especially Those Concerned With Modal Jazz In The 1950S And Early 1960S Exhibited A Distinct Affinity With French Musical Impressionism. However Despite A General If Contested Interest In The Cultural Interplay Of Classical Music And Jazz Few Writers Have Probed The Specific French Music-Jazz Relationship In Depth. In This Book Deborah Mawer Sets Such Musical Interplay Within Its Historical-Cultural And Critical-Analytical Contexts Offering A Detailed Yet Accessible Account Of Both French And American Perspectives. Blending Intertextuality With More Precise Borrowing Techniques Mawer Presents Case Studies On The Musical Interactions Of A Wide Range Of Composers And Performers Including Debussy Satie Milhaud Ravel Jack Hylton George Russell Bill Evans And Dave Brubeck.