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As serious as your life : black music and the free jazz revolution, 1957-1977
- Title
- As serious as your life : black music and the free jazz revolution, 1957-1977 / Val Wilmer ; with a new foreword by Richard Williams ; photographs by the author.
- Author
- Wilmer, Valerie
- Publication
- London : Serpent's Tail, 2018.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JND 19-83 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Williams, Richard, 1947-
- Description
- xvi, 408 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations; 20 cm
- Summary
- "As essential now as when it was first published in 1977, As Serious As Your Life celebrates jazz with passion and conviction. Covering the dynamic period 1960-1976, Valerie Wilmer powerfully evokes a remarkable revolutionary musical era that continues to inspire generations of musicians. Valerie Wilmer evaluates the musical careers of both the famous names of the time - Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra and Cecil Taylor - and those of less well-known artists. It is her unique approach - placing the 'new jazz' in its political and social context - that makes As Serious As Your Life a classic of jazz criticism."--Publisher's description.
- Series Statement
- Serpent's Tail classics
- Uniform Title
- Serpent's Tail classics.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 390-393) and index.
- Original Version (note)
- Wilmer, Valerie.
- Contents
- Great black music : from "A love supreme" to "The sex machine" -- John Coltrane : "A love supreme" -- Cecil Taylor : eighty-eight tuned drums -- Ornette Coleman : the art of the improviser -- Sun Ra : Pictures of infinity -- Albert Ayler : spiritual unity -- The AACM : Chicago's alternative society -- As serious as your life -- The spirit behind the musicians -- A family of rhythms -- It takes two people to confirm the truth -- "You sounds good--for a woman!" -- Bill Dixon and the Jazz Composers Guild -- Politics, the media and collectivism -- Recording : getting the music out there -- Does the music have a future?
- Call Number
- Sc D 19-452
- ISBN
- 9781788160711
- 1788160711
- OCLC
- 1028776395
- Author
- Wilmer, Valerie, author.
- Title
- As serious as your life : black music and the free jazz revolution, 1957-1977 / Val Wilmer ; with a new foreword by Richard Williams ; photographs by the author.
- Publisher
- London : Serpent's Tail, 2018.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Serpent's Tail classicsSerpent's Tail classics.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 390-393) and index.
- Original Version
- Reprint. Originally published: Wilmer, Valerie. As serious as your life. London : Allison & Busby, 1977.
- Chronological Term
- 1961-1980
- Added Author
- Williams, Richard, 1947- writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 19-452JND 19-83