{"product_id":"jazz-and-its-discontents-a-francis-davis-reader-9780306810558","title":"Jazz and Its Discontents: A Francis Davis Reader","description":"From Frank Sinatra to Sun Ra, from the jazz age to middle age, with thoughts on everything in-between, Francis Davis has been writing about American music and American culture for more than twenty years. His essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eVillage\u003c\/i\u003e Voice among countless other publications from coast to coast. And now, for the first time, here are his most important writings of his impressive career-the quintessential Davis on everything from why Rent set musicals back two decades, to what Ken Burns should have filmed. And Davis's writing is as enjoyable as the music of which he writes. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review has compared Davis's work to \"a well-blown solo.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancis Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributing editor of the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e and writes regularly for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the acclaimed books \u003ci\u003eOutcats\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Blues\u003c\/i\u003e and a biography of John Coltrane (Knopf). He lives in Philadelphia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Da Capo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260028846354,"sku":"9780306810558","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f6b86c8d-f831-491d-983e-fbe5b1e7a107.jpg?v=1746635095","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jazz-and-its-discontents-a-francis-davis-reader-9780306810558","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}