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John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music
Christopher Coady
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Description for John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music
Paperback. The first scholarly study of John Lewis and the Third Stream music of the Modern Jazz Quartet Series: Jazz Perspectives. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 tables, 18 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
For critics and listeners, the reception of the 1950s jazz-classicalhybrid Third Stream music has long been fraught. In John Lewis and theChallenge of “Real” Black Music, Christopher Coady explores the work ofone of the form’s most vital practitioners, following Lewis from his role asan arranger for Miles Davis’s Birth of the Cool sessions to his leadershipof the Modern Jazz Quartet, his tours of Europe, and his stewardship ofthe Lenox School of Jazz.
Along the way Coady shows how Lewis’s fusion works helped shore up afailing jazz industry in the wake of the 1940s big band decline, forging anew sound ... Read more
For critics and listeners, the reception of the 1950s jazz-classicalhybrid Third Stream music has long been fraught. In John Lewis and theChallenge of “Real” Black Music, Christopher Coady explores the work ofone of the form’s most vital practitioners, following Lewis from his role asan arranger for Miles Davis’s Birth of the Cool sessions to his leadershipof the Modern Jazz Quartet, his tours of Europe, and his stewardship ofthe Lenox School of Jazz.
Along the way Coady shows how Lewis’s fusion works helped shore up afailing jazz industry in the wake of the 1940s big band decline, forging anew sound ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Jazz Perspectives
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472053209
SKU
V9780472053209
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About Christopher Coady
Christopher Coady is a lecturer in musicology, University of Sydney, Australia.
Reviews for John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music
“A remarkable piece of jazz scholarship that is timely and fills at leasttwo significant needs in the discipline. The first is a deeply investigated,serious consideration of the work of one of the music’s great masters,John Lewis. Second, but equally important, this is a rich meditation onquestions about race, nation, and authenticity in the music that scholarsof jazz and many other ... Read more