JOHN LEWIS AND THE CHALLENGE OF "REAL" BLACK MUSIC by Christopher Coady ( 9780472073207 )

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JOHN LEWIS AND THE CHALLENGE OF "REAL" BLACK MUSIC

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0472073206

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9780472073207

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS

Pub. date:

30 September, 2016

Series:

Jazz Perspectives

Pages:

264

Description:

The first scholarly study of John Lewis and the Third Stream music of the Modern Jazz Quartet

Synopsis:

For critics and listeners, the reception of the 1950s jazz-classicalhybrid Third Stream music has long been fraught. In John Lewis and theChallenge of "Real" Black Music, Christopher Coady explores the work ofone of the form's most vital practitioners, following Lewis from his role asan arranger for Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool sessions to his leadershipof the Modern Jazz Quartet, his tours of Europe, and his stewardship ofthe Lenox School of Jazz. Along the way Coady shows how Lewis's fusion works helped shore up afailing jazz industry in the wake of the 1940s big band decline, forging anew sound grounded in middle-class African American musical traditions.By taking into account the sociocultural milieu of the 1950s, Coadyprovides a wider context for understanding the music Lewis wrote for theModern Jazz Quartet and sets up new ways of thinking about Cool Jazzand Third Stream music more broadly.

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24 tables, 18 music examples

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The University of Michigan Press

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