Outcats: Jazz Composers, Instrumentalists, and Singers
by Francis Davis
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Author: Francis DavisEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1990-05-24
ISBN: 019505587X
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Book Review: Great essays on the fundamentals of jazz
Summary: 5 Stars
Regardless of your familiarity with jazz history, its people or its forms, this collection of essays is great for the fan or the first time listener interested in learning more. Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Gil Evans, and Lester Young get scholarly appreciations, but so do Sun Ra, Henry Threadgill, Steve Lacy, and -- really showing the author's capacity for inclusiveness -- Bobby Darin, which isn't as farfetched as it seems. Essays are grouped into composers, instrumentalists, and vocalists, with a fourth section devoted to historical essays, encouraging the interested reader to explore more of a particular style. Davis assumes the reader will know a little about jazz, but his enthusiasm for his subject matter makes this book lively reading about America's most original musical form.
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