Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0006922, Thu, 17 Oct 2002 11:17:52 -0700

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Fw: Alfred Appel's Jr.'s Jazz Modernism
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From: "Galya Diment" <galya@u.washington.edu>
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> In the October 21 issue of The Nation there is a review (not available
> online) by David Yaffe called "Of Jazz and Brave Ulysses" of Appel's _Jazz
> Modernism: From Ellington and Armstrong to Matisse and Joyce_:
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> "[A]fter establishing his reputation with an annotated edition of _Lolita_
> -- given a blurb of approval from Nabokov himself -- and retiring nearly
> forty years after his encounter with Armstrong, the 66-year-old Appel can
> now finally become the Professor of Jazz, or at least Professor Emeritus
> of Jazz..."
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> Galya Diment
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