Improvisation, spontaneity, fusion, freedom, innovation. Jazz has always been about more than music, and the ideas and moods of jazz have sent ripples through every branch of the arts. Produced by the Smithsonian, this spectacular compilation is the first to look at both art and literature inspired by jazz. Seeing Jazz showcases the music's riotous liberating influence with over one hundred beautiful images, including paintings, photographs, sculpture, multimedia works, and textile art. Inspired by the rifts and remains of jazz, here are pieces by Romare Bearden, James Phillips, JeanMichel Basquiat, Gjon Mili, Henri Matisse, William Claxton, Stuart Davis, Ann Tanksley, Archibald Motley, Ed Love, Gordon Parks, Man Ray, and many others. More than sixty cool literary selections from some of the twentieth century's hottest writers complement and enrich the arrangement of artworks. With an introduction by Columbia University jazz scholar Robert O'Meally, this exhilarating concert of jazz, art, and literature will enthrall jazz fans, art lovers, and literary hipsters alike.
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Suffused with personal anecdotes, rhythmic literary passages, photographs, and truly impressive paintings and mixed media art, Seeing Jazz is nothing short of a cultural suite--a loudly resonant coup de bop. Dig it. -- Quarterly Black Review, Parris Wright
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About the Author
Milt Hinton is a world-renowned double bassist who has played with Cab Calloway, Bing Crosby, and Louis Armstrong. Also a well-known jazz photographer, he lives in New York and California.
Clark Terry is a trumpet and flugelhorn player who performed with Charlie Barnett and Count Basie, and later played with Duke Ellington before embarking on a solo career. A resident of New York, he is considered a living legend of jazz.
Clark Terry is a trumpet and flugelhorn player who performed with Charlie Barnett and Count Basie, and later played with Duke Ellington before embarking on a solo career. A resident of New York, he is considered a living legend of jazz.
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A perfect gift for art and jazz lovers alike.,
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This review is from: Seeing Jazz: Artists and Writers on Jazz (Hardcover)
This is a beautiful book in every way. The selection of art juxtaposed with the intriguing range of literary excerpts combine to make the reader do exactly what the editors want: to "see" jazz. I bought extra copies as Christmas gifts.
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Examples of rhythm veer toward the mystical: the first thunders that drummed the world into being, the dance of the spheres and of the sea, the ebb and flow of desire and procreation, the cadence of blood through human veins. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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- No exit by Hardiman Scott on page 52, and Back Matter
- Romare Bearden by Ruth Fine in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- John Coltrane: the Extended Version by Martin Smith in Back Matter
- On the Road (Teenage Information) by Alexander McCall Smith in Back Matter
- Still Life by American Federation Of Art in Back Matter
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