Avant-Garde Jazz Musicians: Performing "Out There" [Paperback]

David G. Such (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 218 pages
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press; 1 edition (October 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877454353
• ISBN-13: 978-0877454359
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,381,882 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Celebrates out jazz from Tristano to Coleman - "out there"., March 19, 1997

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This review is from: Avant-Garde Jazz Musicians: Performing "Out There" (Paperback)

History, styles, and cultural and spiritual implications of the out jazz scene (primarily New York) are well documented in this 200 page text. If you are "going out" with your music, this is a valuable reference for recorded music and scholarly texts. Author is multiinstrumentalist and has a background in anthropology

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not for me, January 8, 2002

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Ronald S Thompson (San Jose, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Avant-Garde Jazz Musicians: Performing "Out There" (Paperback)

I find it hard to say less than positive things as I know all the work that goes into writing a work like this. But I didn't like this book at all. It felt like a bit of an ego trip to me and I didn't come away from it enriched or excited about an art form in which I participate in both as a composer and a performer. Arcana, Forces in Motion and Experimental Music do a much better job than this. Sorry.