Hearing Double: Jazz, Ontology, Auditory Culture - Hardcoverby Brian Kane (Author) When we talk about a jazz "standard" we usually mean one of the many songs that jazz musicians repeatedly play as part of their core repertoire. But unlike musical works in the tradition of so called classical music, standards whether plucked from the "Great American Songbook" or from recordings by other jazz musicians are always being transformed in performance. They are rearranged and improvised upon, given new chords and