The History of European Jazz - The Music, Musicians and Audience in Context - Francesco Martinelli
2b. Great Britain: 1950-2010: Late-flowering Seeds of the Triangular Trade
The History of European Jazz - The Music, Musicians and Audience in Context - Francesco Martinelli
Duncan Heining [+]
Duncan Heining writes about jazz, improvised music and 20th century composition. Since 1997 he has written for Avant Magazine, Record Collector, The Independent, The Independent On Sunday, Jazzwise, Jazz UK and the All About Jazz website. In 2010 Scarecrow Press published his biography of African-American composer and musical theorist George Russell, George Russell – An American Composer. He is also the author of Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers and Free Fusioneers: British Jazz, 1960-1975 (Equinox, 2012).
Description
Introduction; The modern jazz audience in Britain 1949–60; The rise of a British jazz; Can’t stop the rock; Never the twain; ‘New generations’: challenge and renewal; Conclusion; Listening guide; Interviews cited; Bibliography;