Forces in Motion: Anthony Braxton and the Meta-reality of Creative Music (Dover Books on Music) - Softcover

Lock, Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486824098 ISBN 13: 9780486824093

Verlag: Dover Publications Inc, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

[English]

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'Absolutely essential reading.' — The Wire

One of modern music's towering figures, composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton has redefined critical concepts of jazz and the wider world of creative music. The Chicago native's works range from an early piece for 100 tubas to proposed compositions for orchestras on different planets. A modern classic, Forces in Motion follows Braxton's lauded quartet on a 1985 tour of England, noting his opinions of his musical predecessors — including Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Karlheinz Stockhausen — as well as his thoughts on racism and poverty.
For this new 30th anniversary edition, Graham Lock provides a new chapter, detailing later encounters with Braxton and the quartet; Anthony Braxton has penned a new Afterword as well. In addition to inside views of the mind of a musical visionary, this book offers an entertaining chronicle of a touring band. Braxton's subjects run the gamut from chess and hamburgers to astrology, feminism, and ancient Egypt. Above all, it offers a captivating view of the frustrations and rewards that result from an artist's dedication of his life to creative music.
'This book should be required reading for anyone interested in my music,' Anthony Braxton has observed. 'Graham Lock writes from the perceptual plane of insight and dedication — coupled with a keen wit and a dynamic intellect. This is serious writing and thinking. I could not have been more fortunate.'

Reprint of the Da Capo Press, New York, 1988 edition, with new material added for the Dover edition.

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"This book should be required reading for anyone interested in my music," declared composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton. One of jazz's most important figures, Braxton transcends the usual critical boundaries with works ranging from a piece for 100 tubas to compositions for interplanetary orchestras. Based on interviews from a 1985 tour, this is a fascinating profile of a musical visionary and his ethical, political, and spiritual beliefs. "Absolutely essential reading." - The Wire.

Biografía del autor

Graham Lock is a freelance writer, Honorary Assistant Professor of American Music at the University of Nottingham, and author of several books, including Blutopia: Visions of the Future and Revisions of the Past in the Work of Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton and Chasing the Vibration: Meetings with Creative Musicians. He is co-editor (with David Murray) of The Hearing Eye and Thriving on a Riff, two collections on jazz and blues influences in other African American art forms, and editor of Mixtery: A Festschrift for Anthony Braxton.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0486824098
• ISBN 13: 9780486824093
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416