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Free Jazz and Free Improvisation An Encyclopedia
Todd S. Jenkins
ISBN: 0-313-29881-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29881-3
468 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 9/30/2004
List Price: $193.95 (UK Sterling Price: £133.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 7 x 10
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Description: The free jazz revolution that began in the mid-1950s represented an artistic and sociopolitical response to the economic, racial, and musical climate of jazz and the nation. In parallel with the American civil rights movement, free jazz exemplified an escape from the restrictive rules of musical performance with an emphasis on individual expression and musical democracy. A handful of major individual artists opened the gateway to intense personalization of performances through astonishing new techniques, and inner-city collectives were formed to support artistic experimentation and community education. Reviled by most critics and jazz fans in its nascence, and still highly misunderstood today, free jazz eventually had a profound influence on subsequent developments in jazz and rock, forever changing the musical landscape.

Todd S. Jenkins' handy encyclopedia of free music reflects upon the personalities, styles, organizations, philosophy and politics of a musical form to which too little prior attention has been devoted. Directing readers to outstanding recorded performances, it serves as an essential introduction to this difficult but rewarding music, offering a scholarly historical and cultural overview that provides a critical assessment of one of the most misunderstood periods in American music. Filling many gaps left in previously published literature on the subject, Jenkins's work is a necessary addition to the shelves of music libraries and the collections of jazz aficionados alike.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Entries
    Guide to Related Topics
    Acknowledgments
    Introduction
    Controlled Chaos: The Nature of Free Music
    The Path to Freedom
    Chronology of Events
    The Encyclopedia
    Volume I: AJ
    Volume II: KZ
    Suggested Readings
    Index
About the Author: TODD S. JENKINS is a freelance writer who has contributed to Down Beat, Route 66, and Signal to Noise. A lifelong fan of jazz, he is a director of the American Jazz Symposium, a nonprofit arts organization.
LCC Class: 781
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