Duke University Press

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The premise of [Grubbs's] understandably authoritative first book is that experimental music's flowering in the 1960s . . . was incompatible with the limitations of orthodox recording formats.... — MOJO More…

With the conductive virtuosity of Butch Morris, Jenkins . . . assembles an impressive paean to the Black writers who've dedicated their lives to capturing in language what jazz musicians conjure... — Kirkus Reviews More…

At a time when both theory and criticism are frequently and convincingly attacked as exhausted forms, Moten's trilogy has reinvented both. . . . In its mixture of theoretical complexity and... — Vulture More…

This book not only analyzes the impact of numerous [genome-wide association studies] but also examines emerging research areas such as epigenetics in political, social, and philosophical contexts,... — Choice More…

Digital Sound Studies offers a fascinating variety of perspectives on digital sound studies ... Works that link digital humanities and sound studies are somewhat rare, and the present volume... — Choice More…

[Readers] will be more than rewarded by the insight it offers into the social aesthetics of improvisation, issues you will no longer be able to ignore as you listen to your next improv recording... — Musicworks More…

The far-ranging scope of the 53 essays and interviews collected in these nearly 500 pages, dating from 1993 to just last year, reminds us that even within music's commercially neglected fringes... — JazzTimes More…