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In the Moment : Jazz in The 1980s by Francis Davis (1986, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195040902
ISBN-139780195040906
eBay Product ID (ePID)4558004
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameIn the Moment : Jazz in the 1980s
SubjectLinguistics / General, Genres & Styles / Jazz
Publication Year1986
TypeTextbook
AuthorFrancis Davis
Subject AreaMusic, Language Arts & Disciplines
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight0.2 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN86-008437
Dewey Edition19
Dewey Decimal785.42/092/2
SynopsisWritten by an influential critic whose credits include Rolling Stone, The Boston Phoenix, The Atlantic, Downbeat and the Village Voice, this book celebrates the perseverance of jazz in an inhospitable decade. Francis Davis traces the rise of such entertaining jazz "baby boomers" as Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Anthony Davis, David Murray, Bobby McFerrin, Stanley Jordan, Craig Harris, and Billy Bang, without overlooking the continuing influence of such father figures as Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, George Russel, John Lewis, and Roscoe Mitchell. Some of the key themes are the low visibility of jazz in the mass media, the uneasy relationship of jazz to pop (and of singers to instrumental music), and the surprising--and welcome--emergence of the composeer as the pivotal figure in what has always been regarded as the improviser's realm. Although essentially a collection of artist profiles, In the Moment is shot through with the author's keen insights into the work of his subjects--and keen insights into their lives. The title describes the author's method of inquiry as well as the extemporaneous nature of the music he is writing about. He captures his favorite musicians in action or in reflection, at a given moment in time., Written by an influential critic whose credits include Rolling Stone, The Boston Phoenix, The Atlantic, Downbeat and the Village Voice , this book celebrates the perseverance of jazz in an inhospitable decade. Francis Davis traces the rise of such entertaining jazz "baby boomers" as Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Anthony Davis, David Murray, Bobby McFerrin, Stanley Jordan, Craig Harris, and Billy Bang, without overlooking the continuing influence of such father figures as Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, George Russel, John Lewis, and Roscoe Mitchell. Some of the key themes are the low visibility of jazz in the mass media, the uneasy relationship of jazz to pop (and of singers to instrumental music), and the surprising--and welcome--emergence of the composeer as the pivotal figure in what has always been regarded as the improviser's realm. Although essentially a collection of artist profiles, In the Moment is shot through with the author's keen insights into the work of his subjects--and keen insights into their lives. The title describes the author's method of inquiry as well as the extemporaneous nature of the music he is writing about. He captures his favorite musicians in action or in reflection, at a given moment in time., "In the Moment sets a scaled-down goal of providing not the last word, but the flavor and much of the substance about jazz today--and then swings past that goal like a well-blown solo"--The New York Times Book Review. "A collection as useful to future generations for how it captures this moment in musical evolution as for how it alters our vision now"--DownBeat. "A stunning collection....You can almost touch the people and hear the music he writes about"--Richard B. Kamins, Cadence. Here is a brilliant series of essays about the survival and resurgence of jazz in the 1980s, as seen in the rising and established performers of our times.
LC Classification NumberML3508.D38 1986
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