Ornette Coleman - The Territory and the Adventure

"Ornette Coleman's career encompassed the glory years of jazz and the American avant-garde. Born in segregated Fort Worth, Texas, during the Great Depression, the African-American composer and musician was zeitgeist incarnate. Steeped in the Texas blues tradition, he and jazz grew up together, as the brassy blare of big band swing gave way to bebop--a faster music for a faster, postwar world. At the luminous dawn of the Space Age and New York's 1960s counterculture, Coleman gave voice to the moment. Lauded by some, maligned by many, he forged a breakaway art sometimes called "the new thing" or "free jazz."--

About the author

Long-time resident of Egypt, Maria Golia is the author of critically acclaimed non-fiction, including Cairo: City of Sand (2004), Photography and Egypt (2009) and Ornette Coleman: The Territory and the Adventure (2020), all published by Reaktion Books.

Summary

The compelling story of one of America’s most adventurous jazz musicians.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Golia, Golia Maria
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781789145601
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-560-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Jazz, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, Biography: arts & entertainment, Popular Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Biography: arts and entertainment