Message To Our Folks
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Message To Our Folks
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Author : Paul Steinbeck
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2024-05-31
Message To Our Folks written by Paul Steinbeck and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-31 with History categories.
This year marks the golden anniversary of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the flagship band of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. Formed in 1966 and flourishing until 2010, the Art Ensemble distinguished itself by its unique performance practices—members played hundreds of instruments on stage, recited poetry, performed theatrical sketches, and wore face paint, masks, lab coats, and traditional African and Asian dress. The group, which built a global audience and toured across six continents, presented their work as experimental performance art, in opposition to the jazz industry's traditionalist aesthetics. In Message to Our Folks, Paul Steinbeck combines musical analysis and historical inquiry to give us the definitive study of the Art Ensemble. In the book, he proposes a new theory of group improvisation that explains how the band members were able to improvise together in so many different styles while also drawing on an extensive repertoire of notated compositions. Steinbeck examines the multimedia dimensions of the Art Ensemble's performances and the ways in which their distinctive model of social relations kept the group performing together for four decades. Message to Our Folks is a striking and valuable contribution to our understanding of one of the world's premier musical groups.
Free Jazz
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Author : Jeff Schwartz
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2022-10-01
Free Jazz written by Jeff Schwartz and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-01 with Music categories.
In the late 1950s, free jazz broke all the rules, liberating musicians both to create completely spontaneous and unplanned performances and to develop unique personal musical systems. This genre emerged alongside the radical changes of the 1960s, particularly the Civil Rights, Black Arts, and Black Power movements. Free Jazz is a new and accessible introduction to this exciting, controversial, and often misunderstood music, drawing on extensive research, close listening, and the author’s experience as a performer. More than a catalog of artists and albums, the book explores the conceptual areas they opened: freedom, spirituality, energy, experimentalism, and self-determination. These are discussed in relation to both the political and artistic currents of the times and to specific musical techniques, explained in language clear to ordinary readers but also useful for musicians.
Sound Experiments
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Author : Paul Steinbeck
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2022-08-03
Sound Experiments written by Paul Steinbeck and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-03 with Social Science categories.
A groundbreaking study of the trailblazing music of Chicago’s AACM, a leader in the world of jazz and experimental music. Founded on Chicago’s South Side in 1965 and still thriving today, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is the most influential collective organization in jazz and experimental music. In Sound Experiments, Paul Steinbeck offers an in-depth historical and musical investigation of the collective, analyzing individual performances and formal innovations in captivating detail. He pays particular attention to compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell, the Association’s leading figures, as well as Anthony Braxton, George Lewis (and his famous computer-music experiment, Voyager), Wadada Leo Smith, and Henry Threadgill, along with younger AACM members such as Mike Reed, Tomeka Reid, and Nicole Mitchell. Sound Experiments represents a sonic history, spanning six decades, that affords insight not only into the individuals who created this music but also into an astonishing collective aesthetic. This aesthetic was uniquely grounded in nurturing communal ties across generations, as well as a commitment to experimentalism. The AACM’s compositions broke down the barriers between jazz and experimental music and made essential contributions to African American expression more broadly. Steinbeck shows how the creators of these extraordinary pieces pioneered novel approaches to instrumentation, notation, conducting, musical form, and technology, creating new soundscapes in contemporary music.
Soundscapes Of Liberation
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Author : Celeste Day Moore
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2021-08-23
Soundscapes Of Liberation written by Celeste Day Moore and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-23 with Music categories.
In Soundscapes of Liberation, Celeste Day Moore traces the popularization of African American music in postwar France, where it signaled new forms of power and protest. Moore surveys a wide range of musical genres, soundscapes, and media: the US military's wartime records and radio programs; the French record industry's catalogs of blues, jazz, and R&B recordings; the translations of jazz memoirs; a provincial choir specializing in spirituals; and US State Department-produced radio programs that broadcast jazz and gospel across the French empire. In each of these contexts, individual intermediaries such as educators, producers, writers, and radio deejays imbued African American music with new meaning, value, and political power. Their work resonated among diverse Francophone audiences and transformed the lives and labor of many African American musicians, who found financial and personal success as well as discrimination in France. By showing how the popularity of African American music was intertwined with contemporary structures of racism and imperialism, Moore demonstrates this music's centrality to postwar France and the convergence of decolonization, the expanding globalized economy, the Cold War, and worldwide liberation movements.
Intents And Purposes
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Author : Eric Lewis
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2019-03-29
Intents And Purposes written by Eric Lewis and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-29 with Music categories.
How do we define improvised music? What is the relationship of highly improvised performances to the work they are performances of? How do we decide what are the important parts of an improvised musical work? In Intents and Purposes, Eric Lewis uses a series of case studies to challenge assumptions about what defines a musical work and musical performance, seeking to go beyond philosophical and aesthetic templates from Western classical music to foreground the distinctive practices and aesthetics of jazz. Pushing aside the assumption that composition and improvisation are different (or even opposed) musical practices, Lewis’s philosophically informed approach revisits key topics in musical ontology, such as how to define the triangle of composer-performer-listener, and the status of live performances in relation to scores and recordings. Drawing on critical race theory, feminist theory, new musicology, sociology, cognitive science, and genre theory, Lewis opens up new questions about agency in performance, as well as new ways of considering the historical relationships between improvisational practices with roots in different cultural frameworks. By showing how jazz can be both art, idea, and action all at the same time, Lewis offers a new way of seeing any improvised musical performance in a new culturally and aesthetically rich context.
The Rose Queen
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Author : Katie Flynn
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2022-01-06
The Rose Queen written by Katie Flynn and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-06 with Fiction categories.
THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SAGA FROM AUTHOR KATIE FLYNN Will love bloom in a new city? It is 1938, and Cadi is chosen to be Rose Queen in the annual Rose Fete. She's thrilled to be treated like royalty for the day. But deep down she's desperate to leave the Welsh mining community where she grew up. When war is declared, Cadi and her best friend Poppy see a chance to escape. Cadi leaves behind her parents and local boy Aled, whom she is meant to marry, for Liverpool. But city life does not bring the opportunities they had hoped for. Unable to join the forces, the girls are left looking for work in poverty-stricken Scotland Ward. They secure jobs in a local pub, and Cadi's blossoming relationship with a handsome dock worker deepens after he rescues her from a terrifying encounter. But when Aled unexpectedly appears dressed in RAF uniform Cadi finds her worlds colliding again. Now the Rose Queen must decide: who will become her King? _____________________________________________ Why readers love Katie Flynn's heartwarming historical romances: 'Her characters feel like old friends!' 'Takes you on a journey of heartbreak and joy' 'Heartwarming romance' 'Impossible to put down' *Pre-order Katie Flynn's stunning new novel, The Winter Runaway, now.*
Army Information Digest
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
Army Information Digest written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with categories.
Afghanistan
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Afghanistan written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Jazz In The 1970s
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Author : Bill Shoemaker
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2017-12-20
Jazz In The 1970s written by Bill Shoemaker and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-20 with Music categories.
Breaking through pervasive misconceptions, Jazz in the 1970s explores a pivotal decade in jazz history. Many consider the 1970s to be the fusion decade, but Bill Shoemaker pushes back against this stereotype with a bold perspective that examines both the diverse musical innovations and cultural developments that elevated jazz internationally. He traces events that redefined jazz’s role in the broadband arts movement as well as the changing social and political landscape. Shoemaker immerses readers in the cultural transformation of jazz through: official recognition with events like Jimmy Carter’s White House Jazz Picnic and the release of The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz;the market validation of avant-garde musicians by major record labels and the concurrent spike in artist-operated record labels and performance spaces;the artistic influence and economic impact of jazz festivals internationally;the emergence of government and foundation grant support for jazz in the United States and Europe;and the role of media in articulating a fast-changing scene. Shoemaker details the lives and work of well-known innovators (such as Art Ensemble of Chicago, Anthony Braxton and Sam Rivers) as well as barrier-breaking artists based in Europe (such as Derek Bailey, Peter Brötzmann and Chris McGregor) giving both longtime fans and newcomers insights into the moments and personae that shaped a vibrant decade in jazz.
Lydia S Life
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Author : Ida Nelle Daily Hollaway
language : en
Publisher: Xulon Press
Release Date : 2006-03
Lydia S Life written by Ida Nelle Daily Hollaway and has been published by Xulon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03 with Fiction categories.