Future jazz / Howard Mandel.

Author/creator Mandel, Howard
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Descriptionxiv, 235 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Maps, myths, arguments, assumptions -- Wynton Marsalis: first Downbeat interview -- The good ol'avant-garde -- Birds of a feather -- Guitars and goals beyond -- Wynton Marsalis restarts us -- Modern maturity -- M-base and the Black rock coalition -- Down towners go for broke -- Wynton Marsalis: conclusions, part 3 -- Hothouse culture: jazz clubs in the '90s.
Abstract In a series of vividly drawn portraits and intimate, in-depth interviews with musicians, composers, improvisers, and music business entrepreneurs, the author captures the vitality and passion of the modern jazz scene from the 1970s to the present. The most celebrated jazz stylists of recent years have been the so-called Young Lions, and the author includes an exclusive three part interview with the Lion King himself, Wynton Marsalis, who relates his background, philosophy of jazz, and pointed opinions on current music. But most of Future Jazz focuses on other trend-setters, tracing the development of new jazz communities (including Chicago's AACM, St. Louis's BAG, and New York's M Base Collective), groups from the Art Ensemble of Chicago to John Zorn's Masada, and major figures including Gen Allen, Joe Lovano, David Murray, Henry Threadgill, and Cassandra Wilson.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 98030134
ISBN0195063783 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML3506 .M33 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold