Coltrane S Cosmic Symphony A Journey Through The Sound Of The Beyond
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Coltrane S Cosmic Symphony A Journey Through The Sound Of The Beyond
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Author : Pasquale De Marco
language : en
Publisher: Pasquale De Marco
Release Date : 2025-03-08
Coltrane S Cosmic Symphony A Journey Through The Sound Of The Beyond written by Pasquale De Marco and has been published by Pasquale De Marco this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-03-08 with Music categories.
In this captivating biography, we embark on a journey into the extraordinary life and music of John Coltrane, a visionary saxophonist, composer, and bandleader who transcended the boundaries of jazz and left an indelible mark on the music world. From his humble beginnings in Hamlet, North Carolina, to his meteoric rise as a jazz icon, we trace the evolution of a musical genius who constantly pushed the boundaries of his art. Coltrane's music was a symphony of innovation and experimentation, a seamless blend of bebop, modal jazz, and free jazz that created a sound that was uniquely his own. Coltrane's musical journey was deeply intertwined with his spiritual quest, a relentless search for meaning and enlightenment. His music was a reflection of his inner world, an expression of his struggles, triumphs, and profound connection to the divine. Through his music, Coltrane sought to transcend the limitations of the physical world and connect with the infinite. Beyond his musical genius, Coltrane was a symbol of hope and inspiration for the Civil Rights Movement. He used his platform to speak out against racial injustice and inequality, becoming a beacon of change in a turbulent era. His music transcended racial and cultural boundaries, uniting people from all walks of life in a shared appreciation for the beauty and power of his art. Coltrane's legacy is immense. He left behind a body of work that continues to be studied, analyzed, and celebrated by musicians and scholars alike. His music has had a profound impact on jazz and popular music, inspiring countless artists to follow in his footsteps and explore new sonic territories. This biography is an invitation to immerse yourself in the cosmic symphony of John Coltrane. Through his music, we can experience the depths of human emotion, the power of spiritual awakening, and the transformative potential of art. Coltrane's music is a testament to the limitless possibilities of human creativity and the enduring power of the human spirit. If you like this book, write a review!
Ocean Of Sound
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Author : David Toop
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Ocean Of Sound written by David Toop and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
"Ocean of Sound" begins in 1889 at the Paris Exposition when Debussy first heard Javanese music performed. A culture absorbed in perfume, light and ambient sound developed in response to the intangibility of 20th century communications. David Toop traces the evolution of this culture, through Erik Satie to the Velvet Undergound; Miles Davis to Jimi Hendrix. David Toop, who lives in London, is a writer, musician and recording artist. His other books are "Rap Attack 3 "and "Exotica,"
Monument Eternal
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Author : Franya J. Berkman
language : en
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Release Date : 2012-08-07
Monument Eternal written by Franya J. Berkman and has been published by Wesleyan University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-07 with Social Science categories.
Long-awaited biography of an African American avant-garde composer Alice Coltrane was a composer, improviser, guru, and widow of John Coltrane. Over the course of her musical life, she synthesized a wide range of musical genres including gospel, rhythm-and-blues, bebop, free jazz, Indian devotional song, and Western art music. Her childhood experiences playing for African-American congregations in Detroit, the ecstatic and avant-garde improvisations she performed on the bandstand with her husband John Coltrane, and her religious pilgrimages to India reveal themselves on more than twenty albums of original music for the Impulse and Warner Brothers labels. In the late 1970s Alice Coltrane became a swami, directing an alternative spiritual community in Southern California. Exploring her transformation from Alice McLeod, Detroit church pianist and bebopper, to guru Swami Turiya Sangitananda, Monument Eternal illuminates her music and, in turn, reveals the exceptional fluidity of American religious practices in the second half of the twentieth century. Most of all, this book celebrates the hybrid music of an exceptional, boundary-crossing African-American artist.
More Brilliant Than The Sun
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Author : Kodwo Eshun
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2020-02-04
More Brilliant Than The Sun written by Kodwo Eshun and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-04 with Music categories.
The classic work on the music of Afrofuturism, from jazz to jungle More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction is one of the most extraordinary books on music ever written. Part manifesto for a militant posthumanism, part journey through the unacknowledged traditions of diasporic science fiction, this book finds the future shock in Afrofuturist sounds from jazz, dub and techno to funk, hip hop and jungle. By exploring the music of such musical luminaries as Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, Lee Perry, Dr Octagon, Parliament and Underground Resistance, theorist and artist Kodwo Eshun mobilises their concepts in order to open the possibilities of sonic fiction: the hitherto unexplored intersections between science fiction and organised sound. Situated between electronic music history, media theory, science fiction and Afrodiasporic studies, More Brilliant than the Sun is one of the key works to stake a claim for the generative possibilities of Afrofuturism. Much referenced since its original publication in 1998, but long unavailable, this new edition includes an introduction by Kodwo Eshun as well as texts by filmmaker John Akomfrah and producer Steve Goodman aka kode9.
Space Is The Place
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Author : John F. Szwed
language : en
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date : 2012-07-25
Space Is The Place written by John F. Szwed and has been published by Pantheon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Always riveting, Space Is the Place is the definitive biography of "one of the great big-band leaders, pianists, and surrealists of jazz" (The New York Times)—unparalleled for his purposeful outlandishness, a man who exerted a powerful influence over a vast array of artists. Sun Ra—a/k/a Herman Poole "Sonny Blount—was born in Alabama on May 22, 1914. But like Father Divine and Elijah Muhammad, he made a lifelong effort to obscure many of the facts of his early life. After years as a rehearsal pianist for nightclub revues and in blues and swing bands, including Wynonie Harris's and Fletcher Henderson's, Sun Ra set out in the 1950s to find a way to impart his views about the galaxy, black people, and spiritual matters through the various incarnations of the Intergalactic Arkestra. His repertoire ranging from boogie-woogie, swing, and bebop to free form, fusion, and whatever, Sun Ra was above all a paragon of contradictions: profundity and vaudeville; technical pianistic virtuosity and irony; assiduous attention to arrangements and encouragement of collective improvisation; respect for tradition and celebration of the fresh. Some might have been bemused by his Afro-Platonic neo-hermeticism; others might have laughed at his egregious excesses. But Sun Ra was at once one of the great avant-gardists of the latter half of the twentieth century and a black cultural nationalist who extended Afrocentrism from ancient Egypt to the heavens.
Brian Eno
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Author : Eric Tamm
language : en
Publisher: Boston : Faber and Faber
Release Date : 1989
Brian Eno written by Eric Tamm and has been published by Boston : Faber and Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A thoughtful look at one of the most important current musician/composers, the man who produced U2's Joshua Tree.
Dust And Grooves
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Author : Eilon Paz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-09-01
Dust And Grooves written by Eilon Paz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-01 with Sound recordings categories.
SECOND EDITION. Dust and Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting is an inside look into the world of vinyl record collectors in the most intimate of environments--their record rooms. Compelling photographic essays from photographer Eilon Paz are paired with in-depth and insightful interviews to illustrate what motivates these collectors to keep digging for more records. The reader gets an up close and personal look at a variety of well-known vinyl champions, including Gilles Peterson and King Britt, as well as a glimpse into the collections of known and unknown DJs, producers, record dealers, and everyday enthusiasts. Driven by his love for vinyl records, Paz takes us on a five-year journey unearthing the very soul of the vinyl community.
The Rest Is Noise
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Author : Alex Ross
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2007-10-16
The Rest Is Noise written by Alex Ross and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-16 with Music categories.
Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007 Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007 A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007 In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its music, from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties; from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and seventies up to the present. Taking readers into the labyrinth of modern style, Ross draws revelatory connections between the century's most influential composers and the wider culture. The Rest Is Noise is an astonishing history of the twentieth century as told through its music.
Dirty Baby
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Author : Edward Ruscha
language : en
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Dirty Baby written by Edward Ruscha and has been published by Prestel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Artistic collaboration categories.
A trialogue between the paintings of Ruscha, the music of Cline and the poetry of Breskin. Pictures in the book are from Ruscha's "Silhouettes" and "Cityscapes;" music and ghazals are on the cd-roms. Book is bound dos à dos, with sides A and B. A dime is imbedded on the cover of side A.
Analyzing Popular Music
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Author : Allan F. Moore
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-05-22
Analyzing Popular Music written by Allan F. Moore and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-22 with Music categories.
How do we know music? We perform it, we compose it, we sing it in the shower, we cook, sleep and dance to it. Eventually we think and write about it. This book represents the culmination of such shared processes. Each of these essays, written by leading writers on popular music, is analytical in some sense, but none of them treats analysis as an end in itself. The books presents a wide range of genres (rock, dance, TV soundtracks, country, pop, soul, easy listening, Turkish Arabesk) and deals with issues as broad as methodology, modernism, postmodernism, Marxism and communication. It aims to encourage listeners to think more seriously about the 'social' consequences of the music they spend time with and is the first collection of such essays to incorporate contextualisation in this way.