Fire Music: A Bibliography of the New Jazz, 1959-1990

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Foreword by Val Wilmer
Introduction New Jazz Chronology African American Cultural History and the Arts The New Jazz: 1959-1990 General Works Country and Regional Studies United States Europe and Beyond The Jazz Collectives The New York Loft and Club Scene Biographical and Criti
Appendix I: Reference Works
Appendix II: Archives and Research Centers
Appendix III: List of New Jazz Artists by Country
Appendix IV: List of New Jazz Artists by Instrument Artist
Index Subject
Index Author
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The first bibliography devoted to a single jazz genre or era, Fire Music is concerned with the music of the jazz avant-gardists such as John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, and Sun Ra. It makes accessible the most extensive and up-to-date scholarship of the New Jazz beginning in the 1950s. Included are materials on such topics as jazz collectives and the New York loft scene, as well as jazz in specific countries and regions and a lengthy section of biographical and critical studies on more than 400 artists and ensembles from around the world.

Organized by subject and artist, the over 7,100 sources are further divided by type of materials, including films, video, and audio cassettes as well as books, dissertations, and journal and newspaper articles in all major Western languages. A New Jazz Chronology places events in the jazz world in a social, political, and musical context; and a section on African-American Cultural History and the Arts provides background materials. Appendixes offer general reference sources, a directory of archives and research centers, and lists that classify artists by country and instrument. Indexes of artists, subjects, and authors complete the work.

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Gray, who has also compiled Blacks in Film and Television (Greenwood, 1990) and Blacks in Classical Music (Greenwood, 1988), begins with a sketchy New Jazz Chronology' followed by a hearty classified bibliography that includes books, articles, dissertations and theses, and media materials. Sources in languages other than English are seperately listed within each category. The bulk of the book covers Biographical and Critical Studies' arranged alphabetically by artists or group name. The scope is international, and subjects are mostly American or British. Where there are many articles about a person, helpful subdivisions by broad topic (concert reviews, ' obituaries, ' discographies, ' etc.) are provided. Appendixes list reference works, research centers, artists by country, and artists by instrument. Author, title, and subject indexes are included

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