Jazz Debates / Jazzdebatten

Debates in jazz history are aesthetic marks which reflect discourses about the directions the music might take. In September 2013 experts from Europe and the USA met at the Darmstadt Jazzforum to discuss how such debates inform the perception of jazz to this day. The essays in this book focus on the effects of jazz debates on the aesthetic opinion. They examine historical as well as current debates within the German jazz scene. They discuss the gender debate in jazz, asking how an ideal of masculinity influences both the music and its reception as well as where in the jazz discourses one might find room for women and the LGBT community. Finally, they focus on the latest debate about the term "jazz" itself, touching on questions about both historical and aesthetic ownership of music.

Debates in jazz history are aesthetic milestones. They reflect discourses on decisions about how music can move forward. At the Darmstadt Jazz Forum in September 2013, experts from Europe and the US explored how such debates continue to shape the perception of jazz today. The contributions to this book examine the impact of debates on aesthetic judgment. They shed light on historical and current jazz debates in the German jazz scene. They discuss the gender debate, asking how the ideal of masculinity shapes music and its reception, and where there is room in jazz discourse for women or the LGBT community, for example. And they address the recent debate about the term "jazz" itself and thus the question of who "owns" jazz in terms of its historical and aesthetic development.

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