Avant-Garde Jazz Musicians: Performing "Out There"

by David G. Such

performers music styles western jazz traditional

Genres: Music, Jazz

218 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1993

Reviews

[b · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is dated, and I don’t really like or value ethnographic observation and writing but I thought the interpretations in this book being based primarily on the words and direct lived experience of working jazz artists was compelling. The first half is very basic cut-and-dry chronological jazz history, so the second half is what made it more worthwhile for me. Not bad!