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The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68
Keith Waters
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Description for The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68
Paperback. Series: Oxford Studies in Recorded Jazz. Num Pages: 320 pages, 63 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
The influence of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," consisting of Davis (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Tony Williams (drums) continues to resonate. Jazz musicians, historians, and critics have celebrated the group for its improvisational communication, openness, and its transitional status between hard bop and the emerging free jazz of the 1960s, creating a synthesis described by one quintet member as "controlled freedom." The book provides a critical analytical study of the Davis quintet studio recordings released between 1965-68, including E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Sorcerer, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky, and Filles de Kilimanjaro. In ... Read more
The influence of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," consisting of Davis (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Tony Williams (drums) continues to resonate. Jazz musicians, historians, and critics have celebrated the group for its improvisational communication, openness, and its transitional status between hard bop and the emerging free jazz of the 1960s, creating a synthesis described by one quintet member as "controlled freedom." The book provides a critical analytical study of the Davis quintet studio recordings released between 1965-68, including E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Sorcerer, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky, and Filles de Kilimanjaro. In ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Oxford Studies in Recorded Jazz
Condition
New
Weight
428g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195393842
SKU
V9780195393842
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About Keith Waters
Keith Waters is Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and author of Jazz: The First Hundred Years, co-authored with Henry Martin (Schirmer, 2001; Second edition 2006); Essential Jazz: The First Hundred Years, co-authored with Henry Martin (Schirmer, 2005; Second edition 2008); and, Rhythmic and Contrapuntal Structures in the Music of Arthur Honegger ... Read more
Reviews for The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68
an extremely thorough, in-depth, and insightful analytical study. It is a major addition to the field of jazz studies
Benjamin Bierman, Journal of Jazz Studies
Benjamin Bierman, Journal of Jazz Studies