Eric Dolphy
A Musical Biography And Discography
$40.06
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
22 March 1996
Summary
In his tragically short life (1928-1964), Eric Dolphy was a titanic force in the development of the sixties avant-garde (or “new thing”) from the hard bop of the late fifties. The searing intensity and sonic exploration of his work on alto sax, clarinets, and flute derived in part from the concurrent innovations of Coltrane, Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, and Andrew Hill, among others previous jazz styles such as New Orleans and bop various non-Western musics and modern classical musi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780306805240 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0306805243 |
| Author: | Vladimir Simosko, Barry Tepperman |
| Publisher: | Hachette Books |
| Imprint: | Da Capo Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 22 March 1996 |
| Weight: | 206g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 128mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Quality Paperbacks |
About The Author
Vladimir Simosko
Vladimir Simosko was formerly the curator of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. He has published many articles and books including Eric Dolphy: A Musical Biography and Discography (1974), Serge Chaloff: A Musical Biography and Discography (1998), and Artie Shaw: A Musical Biography and Discography (2000). He is the former Head of the Music Library at the University of Manitoba.
Barry Tepperman is a Fellow, Radio Oncology, of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and a Fellow at the American College of Radiology.
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