Michael Stephans

Experiencing Ornette Coleman

A Listener's Companion

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explores the troubles jazz musician, Ornette Coleman faced, the music he created and the positive attitude he maintained.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 457g
• ISBN-13: 9781442249622
• ISBN-10: 1442249625
• Artikelnr.: 42809815

Autorenporträt

Michael Stephans is a well-known and respected jazz drummer who has performed and/or recorded with artists such as Bennie Maupin, Pharoah Sanders, Dave Liebman, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, Uri Caine, Alan Broadbent, John Patitucci, Scott Colley, Bob Dorough, and many others. He holds a doctorate in education and master's degrees in English and education. He teaches writing at Bloomsburg University is the author of Experiencing Jazz: A Listener's Companion (Scarecrow Press 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Timeline Introduction: Opening the Door. . . 1.Dancing in Your Head
2.Ramblin': The First Quartets 3.Sound Gravitations: The Trios 4.Sounds and
Forms: The Path to Skies of America 5.Feet Music: From Joujouka to Prime
Time 6.Round Trip: Late Quartets and Other Ensembles Intermezzo: Cherry and
Charlie 7.Don Cherry: A Path to the Global Village 8.Charlie Haden:
Ramblin' Boy Finale: Voices 9.In All Languages: Kudos, Ornette-isms, and
Meditations Afterword: Ears . . . Mind . . . Heart Selected Reading
Selected Listening Appendix A: Speaking with Sonny Rollins about Ornette
Coleman Appendix B: Surfing the Jazz Net: Selected Web Resources