Experiencing Ornette Coleman - A Listener''s Companion

Explores the troubles jazz musician, Ornette Coleman faced, the music he created and the positive attitude he maintained.

List of contents

Timeline
Introduction: Opening the Door. . .
1.Dancing in Your Head
2.Ramblin': The First Quartets
3.Sound Gravitations: The Trios
4.Sounds and Forms: The Path to Skies of America
5.Feet Music: From Joujouka to Prime Time
6.Round Trip: Late Quartets and Other Ensembles
Intermezzo: Cherry and Charlie
7.Don Cherry: A Path to the Global Village
8.Charlie Haden: Ramblin' Boy
Finale: Voices
9.In All Languages: Kudos, Ornette-isms, and Meditations
Afterword: Ears . . . Mind . . . Heart
Selected Reading
Selected Listening
Appendix A: Speaking with Sonny Rollins about Ornette Coleman
Appendix B: Surfing the Jazz Net: Selected Web Resources

About the author

Michael Stephans is a well-known and respected jazz drummer who has performed and/or recorded with artists such as Bennie Maupin, Pharoah Sanders, Dave Liebman, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, Uri Caine, Alan Broadbent, John Patitucci, Scott Colley, Bob Dorough, and many others. He holds a doctorate in education and master's degrees in English and education. He teaches writing at Bloomsburg University is the author of Experiencing Jazz: A Listener's Companion (Scarecrow Press 2013).

Summary

Saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer Ornette Coleman has earned enduring praise as an American jazz icon. Stephans weaves together analysis of Coleman’s recordings and exploration of the free jazz movement with interviews of those who knew Coleman best to tell an inspiring story of artistic genius and resilience.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Stephans, Stephans Michael
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2017
• EAN: 9781442249622
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4962-2
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Listener's Companion; Listener's Companion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Organology; Jazz, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / General, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, Biography: arts & entertainment, Popular Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment