ISBN:
9780226534794
,
0226534790
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 253 pages)
,
Illustrations, music
Serie:
Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
DDC:
781.65/136
Schlagwort(e):
Improvisation
;
Jazz
Kurzfassung:
This fresh look at the neglected rhythm section in jazz ensembles shows that the improvisational interplay among drums, bass, and piano is just as innovative, complex, and spontaneous as the solo. Ingrid Monson juxtaposes musicians' talk and musical examples to ask how musicians go about "saying something" through music in a way that articulates identity, politics, and race. Through interviews with Jaki Byard, Richard Davis, Sir Roland Hanna, Billy Higgins, Cecil McBee, and others, she develops a perspective on jazz improvisation that has "interactiveness" at its core, in t.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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