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Author:

Solis, Gabriel, 1972-

Title:

Monk's music : Thelonious Monk and jazz history in the making / Gabriel Solis.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xi, 239 p. : music ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Monk, Thelonious--Criticism and interpretation.
Monk, Thelonious--Influence.
Jazz--History and criticism.

Notes:

"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint'. Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-231) and index.

Contents:

Monk and his music. A biographical sketch -- Hearing Monk : history, memory, and the making of a jazz giant -- Monk, memory, and the moment of performance. The question of voice -- Three pianists and the Monk legacy : Fred Hersch, Danilo Perez, and Jessica Williams -- Inside and outside : Monk's legacy, neoconservatism, and the avant-garde. Defining a genre : Monk and the struggle to authenticate jazz at the end of the twentieth century -- "Classicism" and performance -- Monk and avant-garde positions -- Loving care : Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, and Randy Weston.

ISBN:

0520252012 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520252011 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520252004 (alk. paper)
9780520252004 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006102231

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)