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Jazz And Its Discontents

A Francis Davis Reader

By: Francis Davis

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From Frank Sinatra to Sun Ra, from the jazz age to middle age, with thoughts on everything in-between, Francis Davis has been writing about American music and American culture for more than twenty years. His essays have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, and the Village Voice among countless other publications from coast to coast. And now, for the first time, here are his most important writings of his impressive career-the quintessential Davis on everything from why Rent set musicals back two decades, to what Ken Burns should have filmed. And Davis's writing is as enjoyable as the music of which he writes. The New York Times Book Review has compared Davis's work to "a well-blown solo.

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352

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Da Capo Press

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ISBN 10

0786749814

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9780786749812

Outcats

Jazz Composers, Instrumentalists, and Singers

By: Francis Davis

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Outcats

Jazz Composers, Instrumentalists, and Singers

By: Francis Davis

With his essays on jazz for a variety of publications, including The Atlantic, 7 Days, and The Village Voice, Francis Davis has established himself as a major voice in jazz criticism. In the Moment, his first collection, published in 1986, won praise from both the jazz and general press. down beat called it "a collection as useful to future generations for how it captures this moment in musical evolution as for how it alters our vision now." The New York Times Book Review compared it to "a well-blown solo." In Outcats, Davis presents a new series of critical essays, artist profiles, and pieces that skillfully combine both modes. In the 1950s, Paul Knopf, a now forgotten and even then obscure pianist, coined the word "outcat" to describe himself as "an outcast and a far-out cat combined." In using a word originally meant to convey jubilant defiance, Davis recognizes its undertones of alienation and cultural exile. Some of his subjects are outcats because of their politics, drug problems, or musical iconoclasm. But Davis defines all jazz performers--"including the most famous, influential, and housebroken"--as outcats, by virtue of the scant recognition given them by contemporary society. Like In the Moment, Outcats is an indispensible guide to the best in recent and reissued jazz. Davis illuminates the unusual aspects of famous performers--Duke Ellington composing an opera, for example, or Miles Davis talking about his move into pop--while deftly analyzing their music. His subjects range from the mainstream to the experimental, from the familiar to the forgotten; from Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, and Wynton Marsalis to Cecil Taylor, John Zorn, and Sun Ra. Whether challenging the portrayal of Charlie Parker in Bird or admitting to his own fondness for the rock singer Bobby Darin, Davis writes with wit, sensitivity, and candor. As Pauline Kael describes him, "He gets at what he responds to and why--you feel you're reading an honest man.

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272

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019507470X

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9780195074703

Like Young

Jazz, Pop, Youth And Middle Age

By: Francis Davis

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Like Young

Jazz, Pop, Youth And Middle Age

By: Francis Davis

Modern jazz and rock 'n' roll, both of which were once identified with youthful insurrection, have reached middle age. So have many longtime listeners -including Francis Davis. Now, in these thirty-one articles, the revered jazz critic considers music young and old, examining performers from Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday to Ornette Coleman and Sun Ra. But what makes this Davis's most surprising book is the inclusion of such pop icons as Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Burt Bacharach, and Lou Reed. Using himself as an example, Davis pinpoints our collective longing for a time when we (and our music) were younger-and more inclined to take risks. Lively, opinionated, gracefully written, and often very funny, Like Young is a book for those who have long savored Davis's writing, as well as for those just now discovering him.

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368

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Da Capo Press

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0306811863

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9780306811869

BeBOP and NOTHINGNESS: Jazz and Pop at the End of the Century

By: Francis Davis

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BeBOP and NOTHINGNESS: Jazz and Pop at the End of the Century

By: Francis Davis

An informative and insightful collection of essays from Francis Davis. Davis prefers artists who push at the avant-garde edges, who refuse to accept the status quo. This collection of influential writings again focuses on these hard-to-catergorize heroes, from Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Michael Jackson and Barbra Streisand,to Art Pepper, Tony Bennett, Les Paul Don Byron and many more.

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327

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Schirmer Trade Books

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0857127667

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9780857127662

Theorhetorical

By: Marcus Len Francis Davis

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Theorhetorical

By: Marcus Len Francis Davis

To whom this may concern, I appreciate this opportunity and, at this time, present my qualifications within the technology innovation. Leadership and creativity involving training and research work acquired through my work experiences, education, and possibly utilize "Green" training, Energy Star, and certificates received for Green Advantage program through Pulaski Technical College, Business and Industry Center grant are desired. The knowledge of physical principles, lasers, nonlinear optics, and seminar presentation, technical writing, alongside of bachelor of science are a part of my educational achievements. I am knowledgeable through extensive training exercises in safety, OSHA regulations, laboratory procedures utilizing SOPs, GLP, basic laboratory assistant duties, laboratory instrumentation, manufacturing of a product within a team to achieve company production goals of quality, wearing personal protective equipment, also computer literate throughout previous employment. Previous laboratory work experiences within my development include research assistant, research internship, laboratory technician trainee, laboratory assistant, and photo laboratory technician before pursuing Green Advantage training at Pulaski Technical College, Business and Industry Center. As a graduate within HBCU (Historically Black College/University), my desire is to effectively assist with daily operating strategies through "theorhetorical." My goal is to present "Theory of Entrepreneurial Value," which is the theorem presented for effective evaluation of upper-level management.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1638745447

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9781638745440

California Romantic and Resourceful

in large print

By: John Francis Davis

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California Romantic and Resourceful

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By: John Francis Davis

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3368333895

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Jazz And Its Discontents

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California Romantic and Resourceful

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