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JazzTok: Creativity, Community, and Improvisation on TikTok JazzTok：TikTok 上的创意、社区和即兴演奏

Jazz and Culture Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.5406/25784773.6.2.05

D. Bondy, Valdovinos Kaye

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Rewind & Play 倒带与播放

Jazz and Culture Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.5406/25784773.6.2.07

Scott Gray Douglass

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Beasts 野兽

Jazz and Culture Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.5406/25784773.6.2.06

Marlin M. Jenkins

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Scott Joplin in the Overworld: Super Mario's Rag-Inflected Score 斯科特-乔普林的超凡世界：超级马里奥的布条乐谱

Jazz and Culture Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.5406/25784773.6.2.02

James C. Heazlewood-Dale

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Jazz Across Screen Media: Representation, Rearrangement, and Reperformance 跨屏幕媒体的爵士乐：再现、改编和重演

Jazz and Culture Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.5406/25784773.6.2.01

Kate Galloway

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Jazz Cats and Horse Licks: Animal Memes, Participatory Digital Culture, and Representing Jazz Online 爵士猫和马立克：动物备忘录、参与式数字文化和在线爵士乐表现形式

Jazz and Culture Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.5406/25784773.6.2.04

Kate Galloway

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“We Dem Folks . . . To Be Continued”: Disrupting the Negative Social Imagery of African American Youth Through a Close Study of the To Be Continued Brass Band Across Screen Media "我们民主党人 . .待续"：通过仔细研究屏幕媒体上的 "待续铜管乐队"，打破非裔美国青年的负面社会形象

Jazz and Culture Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.5406/25784773.6.2.03

Marvin McNeill

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Texas Jazz Singer: Louise Tobin in the Golden Age of Swing and Beyond 德州爵士歌手:路易斯·托宾在黄金时代的摇摆和超越

Jazz and Culture Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.5406/25784773.6.1.06

Luke Riedlinger

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Latin Jazz: The Other Jazz 拉丁爵士:另一种爵士

Jazz and Culture Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.5406/25784773.6.1.07

H. Krall

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The Countess of Detroit: Alma Smith on Jazz, Touring, and the Love of Her City 《底特律伯爵夫人:阿尔玛·史密斯谈爵士乐、巡演和对她所在城市的热爱》

Jazz and Culture Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.5406/25784773.6.1.04

Larry Gabriel, J. Amey

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