TYRMAND LEOPOLD
ON THE SHORES OF JAZZ
1st ed.
Krakow 1957, Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, p. 256, format: 13x19.5 cm
SOFTCOVER WITH WRAPPER
Introduction by Stefan Kisielewski. Wrapper and illustrations by Jerzy Skarżyński.
One of the basic publications on jazz in our writing.
"Leopold Tyrmand, the forerunner of jazz in Poland, answers the question: what is jazz!
This book is not in the nature or form of a textbook, lexicon or any vademecum on jazz matters. It has the character of an essay filled with considerations, containing a little information and a lot of completely personal impressions. It is a slant on the problem. The issue spills over widely, covers a vast area, washes over various areas of contemporary culture, and is inextricably linked with everyday life - just as custom and art intermingle in modern times with a difficult and sociologically under-explored phenomenon, and is called entertainment life in everyday life.
Will the book generally answer the question: what is jazz?
Probably not, although its ambition is to include and give the reader a certain compendium. The question that arises, however, is whether such a question can be answered at all." Source: MG Publishing.
Published in the wave of the post-October thaw.
BDB-/ lightly damaged wrapper with tears on the spine
