In the Moment by Francis Davis
This book by an influential critic who has written for 'Rolling Stone' and 'Village Voice' celebrates the perseverance of jazz in a decade inhospitable to it. Each chapter focuses on one musician or group of musicians under forty years of age, who have made their reputations or are in the process of doing so, and carries biographical data, interview material, and a critical evaluation. Among the phenomena which these essays will examine are the rapprochement of jazz and classical music and between jazz and rock, neoconservatism, the growing importance of the composer, the emergence of important women and European jazz musicians, and the continuing polarization between the jazz main stream and avant garde.
Francis Davis is a contributing editor of the Atlantic Monthly and writes regularly for the New York Times and the New Yorker. He is the author of the acclaimed books Outcats and History of the Blues and a biography of John Coltrane (Knopf). He lives in Philadelphia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195040906 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195040902 |
| Title | In the Moment |
| Author | Francis Davis |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1986-10-23 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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