10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FREE JAZZ»
Discover the use of
free jazz in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
free jazz and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Free Jazz and
Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia
Filling many gaps left in previously published literature on the subject, Jenkins's work is a necessary addition to the shelves of music libraries and the collections of jazz aficionados alike.
When originally published in 1974, Ekkehard Jost's Free Jazz was the first examination of the new music of such innovators as Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
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Flow, Gesture, and Spaces in
Free Jazz: Towards a Theory of ...
The scientific approach of this book transcends the limits of art literature in that it also develops geometric theories of gestures and distributed identities, also known as swarm intelligence.We exemplify this approach in the framework of ...
Guerino Mazzola, Mathias Rissi, Nathan Kennedy, 2008
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This Is Our Music:
Free Jazz, the Sixties, and American Culture
"Takes us back to that moment between the fifties and the sixties when a new music called free jazz took root in the coffeehouses and nightclubs of New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles."—John Szwed, author of So What: The Life of Miles ...
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Why
Jazz?: A Concise Guide
In Why Jazz?, author and NPR jazz critic Kevin Whitehead provides lively, insightful answers to these and many other fascinating questions, offering an entertaining guide for both novice listeners and long-time fans.
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Inside British
Jazz: Crossing Borders of Race, Nation and Class
Inside British Jazz explores specific historical moments in British jazz history and places special emphasis upon issues of race, nation and class.
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The Cambridge Companion to
Jazz
This volume of nineteen specially commissioned essays provides informed and accessible guidance to the challenge, offering the reader a range of expert views on the character, history and uses of jazz.
Mervyn Cooke, David Horn, 2003
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All Music Guide to
Jazz: The Definitive Guide to
Jazz Music
Covers more than eighteen thousand recordings and more than 1,700 musicians from across the jazz spectrum and includes a history of the different types of jazz, the evolution of jazz instruments, and essays on styles.
Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, 2002
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"New Black Music" Or "anti-
jazz":
Free Jazz and America's .
The 1960s movement in jazz, known as the "New Thing," "New Black Music," or "Free Jazz," marked not only another moment of American jazz music's evolution of styles seen throughout the century, but on an ideological level, it illustrated a ...
Daniel Robert McClure, 2006
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Jazz in American Culture
In this book for the nonspecialist Peter Townsend shows how during an entire century jazz has appeared in a wide diversity of times and places and in many different cultural settings.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FREE JAZZ»
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free jazz is used in the context of the following news items.
Jazz Lives at Jazz Live
I wasn't disappointed -- even though Hubbard chose to downplay his formidable prowess as a monster free jazz drummer -- because by ... «NBC 7 San Diego, Jul 15»
Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival comes out swinging
"It's all free, three days of free jazz," said Brooks. The festival operates on a total budget of about $225,000 in cash and gifts in kind, made ... «Waterloo Record, Jul 15»
Beaches Jazz Fest has come to town
For its opening weekend from July 10 to 12, Canada's largest free jazz festival will be paying special homage to the music of the 41 countries ... «insideTORONTO.com, Jul 15»
Jazz greats celebrate drum virtuoso Jerome Cooper
He did solo projects and collaborated with free jazz greats, including pianist Cecil Taylor and forming, with violinist Leroy Jenkins and bassist ... «The Villager, Jul 15»
Free Jazz Concert in Branford on Thursday, July 9
So inspired by her dedication, passion and influence to jazz, soul and R & B, and born into an amazing musical family, Kelly Mittleman began ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
Free Al Fresco Jazz: A Vibrant Tradition In Bushnell Park
The Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz, which bills itself as "the largest free jazz event in New England," presents its entertaining weekend ... «Hartford Courant, Jul 15»
Vision Festival Celebrates Jazz, Both Past and Future
The first wave of so-called free jazz, near the dawn of the 1960s, arrived with proclamations of hurtling progress: “Jazz Advance” and “Looking ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
RED BANK: JAZZ IS ALIVE AND KICKING
Saxman Bruce Williams kicks off a summer schedule of free Jazz in the Park sessions Thursday night at Riverside Gardens… while Friday and ... «redbankgreen, Jul 15»
Fillmore Jazz Festival Returns This Weekend
Now in its third decade, the Fillmore Jazz Festival, the largest free jazz fest on the West Coast, is back this Fourth of July weekend. This year's ... «Hoodline, Jul 15»
Free Annual Jazz Concert At Roxbury's Highland Park Features The …
... present the Bill Pierce Collective at the annual, free Jazz at the Fort concert, Sunday, August 2, 5:00 p.m., at Roxbury's Highland Park. «Music Indistry News Network, Jul 15»
