What it is : the life of a jazz artist /

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Dave Liebman is one of the leading forces in contemporary jazz. Prominently known for performing with Miles Davis and Elvin Jones, he has exerted considerable influence as a saxophonist, bandleader, composer, author, and educator. In What It Is: The Life of a Jazz Artist, friend, pianist, and noted...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Liebman, Dave
Other Authors: Porter, Lewis, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012.
Series:Studies in jazz ; no. 66.
Subjects:
Liebman, Dave > Interviews.
Liebman, Dave
Jazz musicians > United States > Interviews.
Saxophonists > United States > Interviews.
Jazz > History and criticism.
Musiciens de jazz > États-Unis > Entretiens.
Saxophonistes > États-Unis > Entretiens.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Woodwinds.
Jazz
Jazz musicians
Saxophonists
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Interviews
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Richie Beirach
  • Preface / by Lewis Porter
  • Timeline
  • The delicacy of youth : beginnings
  • The call : I find music, it finds me
  • Breakaway : finding myself
  • Arrival : becoming an artist
  • The energy of the chance : going for it
  • Guided dream : playing with the masters
  • It's different out there : on the job with the Prince of Darkness
  • Beyond the line : my own world
  • Passages : the ups and downs
  • Turn it around : solidifying art and life
  • While we're on the subject : on others
  • Tomorrow's expectations : the legacy
  • Appendix I: Selected discography
  • Appendix II: Selected educational materials
  • Appendix III: Two compositions by Dave Liebman.

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