Annual Review of Jazz Studies 11: 2000-2001

by Berger, Edward; Cayer, David; Martin, Henry; Morgenstern, Dan

• ISBN13: 9780810845350
• ISBN10: 0810845350
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-22
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

Continuing the rich tradition, this latest Annual is particularly impressive. The articles in this volume present important technical analyses of four major figures: Booker Little Charlie Christian Herbie Hancock Miles Davis

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Out Front: The Art of Booker Little	1	(38)
Keith Waters
David Diamond
Metric Displacement in the Improvisation of Charlie Christian	39	(30)
Clive Downs
Superimposition in the Improvisations of Herbie Hancock	69	(22)
David Morgan
Electric Miles: A Look at the In a Silent Way and On the Corner Sessions	91	(17)
Victor Svorinich
A Photo Gallery: Photographs	108	(17)
Tad Hershorn
A SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC SECTION
Jazz Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography	125	(92)
David Rife
Ellen Caswell
BOOK REVIEWS
Lost Chords: White Musicians and Their Contribution to Jazz	217	(20)
Richard M. Sudhalter
Max Harrison
John Coltrane: His Life and Music	237	(16)
Lewis Porter
Alexander Stewart
Morning Glory: A Biography of Mary Lou Williams	253	(12)
Linda Dahl
Ted Buehrer
Ben Webster: His Life and His Music	265	(4)
Jeroen de Valk
Jay Sweet
Jazz: A History of America's Music	269	(6)
Geoffrey C. Ward
Ken Burns
Edward Berger
Keeping Time: Readings in Jazz History	275	(6)
Robert Walser
Sam Miller
Ding! Ding!: A Bio-Discographical Scrapbook on Vic Dickenson	281	(2)
Manfred Selchow
Dan Morgenstern
Jazz Bibliography from Nonjazz Journals	283	(4)
Keith Waters
Jason R. Titus
Recent Books Received at the Institute of Jazz Studies	287	(6)
Vincent Pelote
About the Editors	293	(2)
About the Contributors	295	(4)
About the Institute of Jazz Studies	299