Buch, Englisch, 115 Seiten
Charlie Parker, Trickster Lives!
Buch, Englisch, 115 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-4438-5172-5
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Each of these musicians took the material available to them, usually the pop songs of their day, and refashioned them into something better than they found. It is a kind of magic or alchemy. This sleight of hand is filled with surprises that cause physical reactions, often gasps, in their audiences. In a kind of reversal of expectations, the more the audience knows, the more it is surprised. I have listened to Louis Armstrong for about sixty years and, at least once in every performance, I am surprised. The more I listen to Armstrong, Parker or Gillespie, the more I am astounded by what they have done. I did not write about Sonny Rollins here, an oversight, but at 80 years-old-plus, Sonny amazes me at every performance I am lucky enough to see.
These magician-Tricksters transform all they touch and turn even dross to gold. This book is a step toward understanding how they do it.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikpsychologie, Musiksoziologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Jazz
- Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker
- Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikwissenschaft: Rezeption, Einflüsse und Beziehungen
- Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Eklektizismus, Esoterik, Anthroposophie, Theosophie