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John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music /

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...

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Autor principal: Coady, Christopher, 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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  • Introduction ; 1. Branching Out: The Great Era of Venue Creation ; 2. "Bearded Undertakers": Rhythm and Reputation ; 3. "Finesse, Precision, and Logic": Musical Traditions and the African American Elite ; 4. Composition in Context: Lewis and the MJQ, 1952-62.
  • 5. Lewis and Film Noir 6. "Real" Black Music ; Appendixes ; Appendix A: Formal Outlines of Selected Works ; Appendix B: Sait-on jamais (1957) Soundscape ; Appendix C: Odds against Tomorrow (1959) Soundscape ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Scores ; Filmography ; Index.