Description
Along the way Coady shows how Lewis's fusion works helped shore up afailing jazz industry in the wake of the 1940s big band decline, forging anew sound grounded in middle-class African American musical traditions.By taking into account the sociocultural milieu of the 1950s, Coadyprovides a wider context for understanding the music Lewis wrote for theModern Jazz Quartet and sets up new ways of thinking about Cool Jazzand Third Stream music more broadly.
About the Author
Christopher Coady is a lecturer in musicology, University of Sydney, Australia.
Reviews
"A remarkable piece of jazz scholarship that is timely and fills at leasttwo significant needs in the discipline. The first is a deeply investigated,serious consideration of the work of one of the music's great masters,John Lewis. Second, but equally important, this is a rich meditation onquestions about race, nation, and authenticity in the music that scholarsof jazz and many other kinds of music will find useful." - Gabriel Solis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Book Information
ISBN 9780472053209
Author Christopher Coady
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint The University of Michigan Press
Publisher The University of Michigan Press
Weight(grams) 390g