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Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers and Free Fusioneers
Duncan Heining
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Description for Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers and Free Fusioneers
Hardcover. The book follows a number of themes- movers and shakers, drugs and addictions, relationships with Rock and Blues, new technologies, media coverage, arts funding, from clubs to concert halls, record companies and, not least, the economics of Jazz. In dong so, the book challenges many conventional understandings of British Jazz and its scene. Series: Popular Music History. Num Pages: 500 pages, 18 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 170 x 39. Weight in Grams: 864.
The 1960's was a decade of major transformation in British Jazz and, of course, in British popular music in general. The British Jazz scene had been, arguably, the first outside America to assert its independence. At first slowly but with gathering speed, it began to define an identity that drew increasingly on sources from within its own culture, as well as those from African-American jazz, and from its shared European cultural heritage. This process would in itself prove highly influential, as French, Italian, German and Scandinavian scenes began to follow suit. The nature of Jazz, its scope and potential were ... Read more
The 1960's was a decade of major transformation in British Jazz and, of course, in British popular music in general. The British Jazz scene had been, arguably, the first outside America to assert its independence. At first slowly but with gathering speed, it began to define an identity that drew increasingly on sources from within its own culture, as well as those from African-American jazz, and from its shared European cultural heritage. This process would in itself prove highly influential, as French, Italian, German and Scandinavian scenes began to follow suit. The nature of Jazz, its scope and potential were ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
Series
Popular Music History
Number of Pages
500
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845534059
SKU
V9781845534059
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About Duncan Heining
Duncan Heining has has been writing about jazz, improvised music and 20th century composition since 1996. He has written for Avant Magazine, Record Collector, The Independent and The Independent On Sunday. His main outlets currently are Jazzwise, Jazz UK and the All About Jazz website. In 2010, Scarecrow Press published his biography of African-American composer and musical theorist George Russell, ... Read more
Reviews for Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers and Free Fusioneers
'A must-read for anyone interested in British jazz, and a thoughtful assessment of a radical period in British history.' Mike Hobart, Financial Times 'His primary information sources are 70 (yes, really!) of his own first hand interviews with musicians and associates. The fact that Heining is dealing largely with his ... musicianly peer group ... brings with it a ... Read more