Loft jazz : improvising New York in the 1970s /
Heller, Michael C., 1981-
Loft jazz : improvising New York in the 1970s / Michael C. Heller. - 264 pages : illustrations (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. This book provides a 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.
Specialized.
9780520285415 (pbk.) : £22.95
Jazz--History and criticism.--New York (State)--New York--1971-1980
Jazz--Social aspects--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Music.
Music.
781.6'5'09747
Loft jazz : improvising New York in the 1970s / Michael C. Heller. - 264 pages : illustrations (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. This book provides a 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.
Specialized.
9780520285415 (pbk.) : £22.95
Jazz--History and criticism.--New York (State)--New York--1971-1980
Jazz--Social aspects--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Music.
Music.
781.6'5'09747