MIKE HEFFLEY is a trombonist/composer, journalist, arts administrator, and ethnomusicologist. The author of numerous works on jazz and new music, Heffley is Executive Director of Braxton's Tri-Centric Foundation.
Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Millennial/Gravitational Intrigue
first arrow...from the bow of the past Evocation The Music's Grandparents
The Music's Parents second arrow...on the string of the present Invocation
The Musician's Words The Musician Speaks third arrow...in the five fingers
of the archer Provocation The Solo Music's Axis (Tradition/Innovation)
fourth arrow...whistling through the air of the future Duo Music Trio Music
Quartet Music Large-Ensemble Music fifth arrow...in the eye of the bull The
Music's Muse Appendix: Anthony Braxton: Introduction to Catalogue of Works
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