Informationen zu "Forces in Motion Anthony Braxton and the Meta-reality of Creative Music"
Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
Verlagsnummer: 0-486-82409-8
EAN: 9780486824093
ISBN: 978-0-486-82409-3
Beschreibung
One of modern music's towering figures, composer and multi-instrumentalist
Anthony Braxton has redefined critical concepts of jazz and the wider world
of creative music. The Chicago native's works range from an early piece for
100 tubas to proposed compositions for orchestras on different planets. A
modern classic, Forces in Motion follows Braxton's lauded quartet on a 1985
tour of England, noting his opinions of his musical predecessors including
Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Karlheinz Stockhausen as well as
histhoughts on racism and poverty.
For this new 30th anniversary edition, Graham Lock provides a new chapter,
detailing later encounters with Braxton and the quartet, Anthony Braxton has
penned a new Afterword as well. In addition to inside views of the mind of a
musical visionary, this book offers an entertaining chronicle of a touring
band. Braxton's subjects run the gamut from chess and hamburgers to
astrology, feminism, and ancient Egypt. Above all, it offers a captivating
view of the frustrations and rewards that result from an artist's dedication
of his life to creative music.
'This book should be required reading for anyone interested in my music,'
Anthony Braxton has observed. 'Graham Lock writes from the perceptual plane
of insight and dedication coupled with a keen wit and a dynamic intellect.
This is serious writing and thinking. I could not have been more fortunate.'
Reprint of the Da Capo Press, New York, 1988 edition, with new material added
for the Dover edition.
