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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Celebrates out jazz from Tristano to Coleman - "out there".
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
Published on March 19, 1997
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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not for me
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...
Published on January 8, 2002 by Ronald S Thompson
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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".,
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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:
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not for me,
By 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.
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Avant-Garde Jazz Musicians: Performing "Out There" by David Glen Such (Paperback - October 1, 1993)
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