Ornette Coleman

Author : Maria Golia
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781789142631

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With striking photographs and personal insight, a compelling biography of the great American saxophonist and free jazz innovator Ornette Coleman. Ornette Coleman’s career encompassed the glory years of jazz and the American avant-garde. Born in segregated Fort Worth, Texas, during the Great Depression, the African-American composer and musician was zeitgeist incarnate. Steeped in the Texas blues tradition, he and jazz grew up together, as the brassy blare of big band swing gave way to bebop—a faster music for a faster, postwar world. At the luminous dawn of the Space Age and New York’s 1960s counterculture, Coleman gave voice to the moment. Lauded by some, maligned by many, he forged a breakaway art sometimes called “the new thing” or “free jazz.” Featuring previously unpublished photographs of Coleman and his contemporaries, this book tells the compelling story of one of America’s most adventurous musicians and the sound of a changing world.

Author : Stephen Rush
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317303244

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Free Jazz, Harmolodics, and Ornette Coleman by Stephen Rush Pdf

Free Jazz, Harmolodics, and Ornette Coleman discusses Ornette Coleman’s musical philosophy of "Harmolodics," an improvisational system deeply inspired by the Civil Rights Movement. Falling under the guise of "free jazz," Harmolodics can be difficult to understand, even for seasoned musicians and musicologists. Yet this book offers a clear and thorough approach to these complex methods, outlining Coleman’s position as the developer of a logical—and historically significant—system of jazz improvisation. Included here are detailed musical analyses of improvisations, accompanied by full transcriptions. Intimate interviews between the author and Coleman explore the deeper issues at work in Harmolodics, issues of race, class, sex, and poverty. The principle of human equality quickly emerges as a central tenet of Coleman’s life and music. Harmolodics is best understood when viewed in its essential form, both as a theory of improvisation and as an artistic expression of racial and human equality.

Author : Peter Niklas Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015048248747

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Ornette Coleman by Peter Niklas Wilson Pdf

As Ornette Coleman approaches his 70th birthday, this book takes full measure of the man who has been called the most important jazz figure since Charlie Parker.

Author : David Neil Lee
Publisher : Wolsak and Wynn
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Jazz
ISBN : 1894987853

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The Battle of the Five Spot by David Neil Lee Pdf

"Recommended internet sources for the third edition": page 144.

Author : Claire O'Neal
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781612283449

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Ornette Coleman by Claire O'Neal Pdf

One cold November Night in 1959, a screeching, pleading sax solo sliced through the broken shadows of the cold New York City air. Ornette Coleman announced his arrival on a plastic saxophone, changing the shape of jazz to come. The father of free jazz, Coleman believes in the art of the improvisers. Coleman champions the power of instruments, more than just a song, to create a spontaneous conversation in music that speaks of human feelings. To his critics, the unprecedented music of Ornette Coleman is nothing more than noise. But his many fans and awards testify to a career that, like his music, opens a caravan of dreams, ignoring boundaries in favor of a relentless celebration of creativity. Coleman’s is no snobby jazz. Throughout Coleman’s career, he championed a music played in the moment . . . a music that’s dancing in your head.

Author : Michael Stephans
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781442249639

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Experiencing Ornette Coleman by Michael Stephans Pdf

Saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Ornette Coleman, along with pianist Cecil Taylor, was one of the founding forces of the Free Jazz movement which took the music world by storm in the 1950s and 60s. His brilliance as an instrumentalist at first positioned him as a polarizing figure, but eventually brought him recognition as an American original and international jazz treasure. Jazz drummer Michael Stephans explores the personal challenges Coleman faced, the music he created from one decade to the next, and the incredibly positive attitude he maintained in the face of so much negativity throughout his life. Revealing how Coleman became an iconic, enigmatic figure not only in jazz, but in much of contemporary improvisational music, Stephans weaves together analysis of Coleman’s recordings with interviews of those who knew Coleman best. Experiencing Ornette Coleman: A Listener's Companion encourages both jazz devotees and readers with little knowledge of the music to trace the inspirational journey of this now-seminal figure from his early years through the beginnings of the new millennium. Along the way, readers will learn about the music and motivations of the free jazz movement while experiencing an utterly human story of artistic genius and expression.

Author : John Litweiler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1994-08-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0306805804

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Ornette Coleman by John Litweiler Pdf

Author : Rob Young
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781789605150

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The Wire Primers by Rob Young Pdf

Since it was founded in 1982, The Wire magazine has covered a vast range of alternative, experimental, underground and non-mainstream music. Now some of that knowledge has been distilled into The Wire Primers: a comprehensive guide to the core recordings of some of the most visionary and inspiring, subversive and radical musicians on the planet, past and present. Each chapter surveys the musical universe of a particular artist, group or genre by way of a contextualizing introduction and a thumbnail guide to the most essential recordings. A massive and eclectic range of music is celebrated and demystified, from rock mavericks such as Captain Beefheart and The Fall; the funk of James Brown and Fela Kuti; the future jazz of Sun Ra and Ornette Coleman; and the experimental compositions of John Cage and Morton Feldman. Genres surveyed and explained include P-funk, musique concrte, turntablism, Brazilian Tropiclia, avant metal and dubstep. The Wire Primers is a vital guide to contemporary sounds, providing an accessible entry point for any reader wanting to dig below the surface of mainstream music.

Author : Howard Mandel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135886363

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Miles, Ornette, Cecil by Howard Mandel Pdf

Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and Cecil Taylor revolutionized music from the end of the twentieth century into the twenty-first, expanding on jazz traditions with distinctly new concepts of composition, improvisation, instrumentation, and performance. They remain figures of controversy due to their border-crossing processes. Miles, Ornette, Cecil is the first book to connect these three icons of the avant-garde, examining why they are lionized by some critics and reviled by others, while influencing musicians across such divides as genre, geography, and racial and ethnic backgrounds. Mandel offers fresh insights into their careers from interviews with all three artists and many of their significant collaborators, as well as a thorough overview of earlier interpretations of their work.

Author : Nate Chinen
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781101873496

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Playing Changes by Nate Chinen Pdf

One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, GQ, Billboard, JazzTimes In jazz parlance, “playing changes” refers to an improviser’s resourceful path through a chord progression. In this definitive guide to the jazz of our time, leading critic Nate Chinen boldly expands on that idea, taking us through the key changes, concepts, events, and people that have shaped jazz since the turn of the century—from Wayne Shorter and Henry Threadgill to Kamasi Washington and Esperanza Spalding; from the phrase “America’s classical music” to an explosion of new ideas and approaches; from claims of jazz’s demise to the living, breathing scene that exerts influence on mass culture, hip-hop, and R&B. Grounded in authority and brimming with style, packed with essential album lists and listening recommendations, Playing Changes takes the measure of this exhilarating moment—and the shimmering possibilities to come.

Author : John Litweiler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : African American musicians
ISBN : UOM:39015048016037

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Biografie van de Amerikaanse jazzmusicus (1930- ).

Author : Ben Ratliff
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781429956208

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The Jazz Ear by Ben Ratliff Pdf

An intimate exploration into the musical genius of fifteen living jazz legends, from the longtime New York Times jazz critic Jazz is conducted almost wordlessly: John Coltrane rarely told his quartet what to do, and Miles Davis famously gave his group only the barest instructions before recording his masterpiece "Kind of Blue." Musicians are often loath to discuss their craft for fear of destroying its improvisational essence, rendering jazz among the most ephemeral and least transparent of the performing arts. In The Jazz Ear, the acclaimed music critic Ben Ratliff sits down with jazz greats to discuss recordings by the musicians who most influenced them. In the process, he skillfully coaxes out a profound understanding of the men and women themselves, the context of their work, and how jazz—from horn blare to drum riff—is created conceptually. Expanding on his popular interviews for The New York Times, Ratliff speaks with Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman, Branford Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Wayne Shorter, Joshua Redman, and others about the subtle variations in generation, training, and attitude that define their music. Playful and keenly insightful, The Jazz Ear is a revelatory exploration of a unique way of making and hearing music.

Author : Jason C. Bivins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190230937

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Spirits Rejoice! by Jason C. Bivins Pdf

In Spirits Rejoice! Jason Bivins explores the relationship between American religion and American music, and the places where religion and jazz have overlapped. Much writing about jazz tends toward glorified discographies or impressionistic descriptions of the actual sounds. Rather than providing a history, or series of biographical entries, Spirits Rejoice! takes to heart a central characteristic of jazz itself and improvises, generating a collection of themes, pursuits, reoccurring foci, and interpretations. Bivins riffs on interviews, liner notes, journals, audience reception, and critical commentary, producing a work that argues for the centrality of religious experiences to any legitimate understanding of jazz, while also suggesting that jazz opens up new interpretations of American religious history. Bivins examines themes such as musical creativity as related to specific religious traditions, jazz as a form of ritual and healing, and jazz cosmologies and metaphysics. Spirits Rejoice! connects Religious Studies to Jazz Studies through thematic portraits, and a vast number of interviews to propose a new, improvisationally fluid archive for thinking about religion, race, and sound in the United States. Bivins's conclusions explore how the sound of spirits rejoicing challenges not only prevailing understandings of race and music, but also the way we think about religion. Spirits Rejoice! is an essential volume for any student of jazz, American religion, or American culture.

Author : Barry McRae
Publisher : Apollo Publishing International
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015014995818

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Ornette Coleman by Barry McRae Pdf

Author : David Glen Such
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Music
ISBN : 1587292319

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Avant-garde Jazz Musicians by David Glen Such Pdf