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    Release Year
    2018
    ISBN
    9781788160711
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    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Serpent's Tail The Limited
    ISBN-10
    1788160711
    ISBN-13
    9781788160711
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    7038420227

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    As Serious As Your Life : Black Music and the Free Jazz Revolution, 1957-1977
    Number of Pages
    304 Pages
    Language
    English
    Topic
    History & Criticism, Ethnomusicology, Genres & Styles / Jazz
    Publication Year
    2018
    Illustrator
    Yes
    Genre
    Music
    Author
    Val Wilmer
    Format
    Uk-B Format Paperback

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    1.1 in
    Item Weight
    13.1 Oz
    Item Length
    7.7 in
    Item Width
    5 in

    Additional Product Features

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    Trade
    Reviews
    This book saved me from giving up. Even though the jazz musicians Wilmer wrote about were mostly male, their approach to music making, their passion and their activism resonated with me and showed me a way to move forward musically
    Dewey Edition
    23
    Dewey Decimal
    781.65
    Table Of Content
    Foreword by Richard Williams Author's Prefatory Note Introduction A State of Mind PART ONE INNOVATORS AND INNOVATIONS 1 Great Black Music - From a Love Supreme to the Sex Machine 2 John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 3 Cecil Taylor - Eighty-Eight Tuned Drums 4 Ornette Coleman - The Art of the Improviser 5 Sun Ra - Pictures of Infinity 6 Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity 7 The AACM - Chicago's Alternative Society PART TWO WHO ARE THE NEW MUSICIANS? 8 As Serious As Your Life PART THREE GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME! 9 The Spirit Behind the Musicians 10 A Family of Rhythms PART FOUR WOMAN'S ROLE 11 It Takes Two People to Confirm the Truth 12 'You Sound Good - for a Woman!' PART FIVE THE CONSPIRACY AND SOME SOLUTIONS 13 Bill Dixon and the Jazz Composers Guild 14 Politics, the Media and Collectivism 15 Recording - Getting the Music Out There 16 Does the Music Have a Future? Biographies Bibliography Acknowledgements Index of Names
    Synopsis
    An essential masterpiece of jazz history by the renowned photographer and music historian, with a new foreword by Richard Williams. In this classic account of the new black music of the 1960s and 70s, celebrated photographer and jazz historian Val Wilmer tells the story of how a generation of revolutionary musicians established black music as the true vanguard of American culture. Placing the achievements of African-American artists such as Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sun Ra in their broader political and social context, Wilmer evokes an era of extraordinary innovation and experimentation that continues to inspire musicians today. As vital now as when it was first published in 1977, As Serious As Your Life is the essential story of one of the most dynamic musical movements of the twentieth century., In this classic account of the new black music of the 1960s and 70s, celebrated photographer and jazz historian Val Wilmer tells the story of how a generation of revolutionary musicians established black music as the true vanguard of American culture. Placing the achievements of African-American artists such as Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sun Ra in their broader political and social context, Wilmer evokes an era of extraordinary innovation and experimentation that continues to inspire musicians today. As vital now as when it was first published in 1977, As Serious As Your Life is the essential story of one of the most dynamic musical movements of the twentieth century., An essential masterpiece of jazz history by the renowned photographer and music historian, with a new foreword by Richard Williams., An essential masterpiece of jazz history by renowned photographer and music historian, with a new foreword by Richard Williams
    LC Classification Number
    ML3506

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