Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Coady, Christopher (1980-....)
Titre(s) : John Lewis and the challenge of "real" black music [Texte imprimé] / Christopher Coady
Publication : Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
Description matérielle : x, 241 pages : music ; 24 cm
Collection : Jazz perspectives
Lien à la collection : Jazz perspectives
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229), filmography (page 233), and index
For critics and listeners, the reception of the 1950s jazz-classical hybrid Third
Stream music has long been fraught. Christopher Coady explores the work ofone of the
form's most vital practitioners, following Lewis from his role as an arranger for
Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool sessions to his leadershipof the Modern Jazz Quartet,
his tours of Europe, and his stewardship of the Lenox School of Jazz. Along the way
Coady shows how Lewis's fusion works helped shore up a failing jazz industry in the
wake of the 1940s big band decline, forging a new sound grounded in middle-class African
American musical traditions. By taking into account the sociocultural milieu of the
1950s, Coady provides a wider context for understanding the music Lewis wrote for
the Modern Jazz Quartet and sets up new ways of thinking about Cool Jazzand Third
Stream music more broadly
Sujet(s) : Lewis, John (1920-2001) -- Critique et interprétation
Jazz -- 20e siècle
Third stream (musique)
Jazz cool
Modern jazz quartet
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780472053209. - ISBN 0472053205. - ISBN 9780472073207. - ISBN 0472073206. -
ISBN 9780472122264. - ISBN 0472122266
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45393212t
Notice n° :
FRBNF45393212
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Branching out : the great era of venue creation ; "Bearded undertakers" : rhythm
and reputation ; "Finesse, precision, and logic" : musical traditions and the African
American elite ; Composition in context : Lewis and the MJQ, 1952-62 ; Lewis and
film noir ; "Real" black music
Appendix A. Formal outlines of selected works ; Appendix B. Sait-on jamais (1957)
Soundscape ; Appendix C. Odds against tomorrow (1959) Soundscape.
