Resumo

Durante a década de 1950, o jazz foi tema de debates na crítica musical no Brasil. As ideias de José Sanz e de Jorge Guinle, ambos colaboradores da Revista da Música Popular, podem ser tomado como representativos de certa polarização nas discussões. De um lado, Sanz defendia o jazz tradicional e negro como o único modo verdadeiro de se fazer jazz. De outro, Guinle buscava legitimar, em suas críticas, o emergente jazz moderno.

José Sanz, Jorge Guinle and Debates About Jazz in Revista da Música Popular [Popular Music Magazine]

During the 1950s, jazz was a very usual topic of discussion in Brazilian music critic. We can take the ideas of José Sanz and Jorge Guinle – both writers of the Revista da Música Popular [Popular Music Magazine] – as representative of a certain polarization in these discussions. On the one hand, Sanz defended the traditional black jazz as the only true way to do jazz. On the other, Guinle sought to legitimize, in his reviews, the emerging modern jazz. This paper intends to portray these authors’ thoughts and contribute for a discussion about representations on jazz in Brazil.