ISBN:
9780226534794
,
0226534790
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 253 pages)
,
Illustrations, music
Series Statement:
Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
DDC:
781.65/136
Keywords:
Improvisation
;
Jazz
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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