Synopsis
The New York loft jazz scene of the 1970s was a pivotal period for uncompromising, artist-produced work. Faced with a flagging jazz economy, a group of young avant-garde improvisers chose to eschew the commercial sphere and develop alternative venues in the abandoned factories and warehouses of Lower Manhattan. Loft Jazz provides the first book-length study of this period, tracing its history amid a series of overlapping discourses surrounding collectivism, urban renewal, experimentalist aesthetics, underground archives, and the radical politics of self-determination.
Book Details
ISBN-13 :
9780520960893
Publisher :
University of California Press
Date of Addition:
2017-04-17T15:23:10Z
Language :
eng
Categories :
Music
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Nonfiction
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MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz
Usage Restrictions:
Copyright.