Living Space: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Free Jazz, from Analog to Digital

by Michael E. Veal

Overview

Living Space: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Free Jazz, from Analog to Digital fuses biography and style history in order to illuminate the music of two jazz icons, while drawing on the discourses of photography and digital architecture to fashion musical insights that may not be available through the traditional language of jazz analysis. The book follows the controversial trajectories of two jazz legends, emerging from the 1959 album Kind of Blue. Coltrane's odyssey through what became known as "free jazz" brought stylistic (r)evolution and chaos in equal measure. Davis's spearheading of "jazz-rock fusion" opened a door through which jazz's ongoing dialogue with the popular tradition could be regenerated, engaging both high and low ideas of creativity, community, and commerce. Includes 42 illustrations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780819500892
Publisher:	Wesleyan University Press
Publication date:	04/09/2024
Series:	Music / Culture
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

MICHAEL E. VEAL (New York, NY) is Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Music at Yale University. His books include Fela: The Life and Times of an African Musical Icon, Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae, and Tony Allen: Master Drummer of Afrobeat.

Michael E. Veal is a musician and professor of ethnomusicology at Yale University. His work has typically addressed musical topics within the cultural sphere of Africa and the African Diaspora. He is the author of several books, including Living Space:John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Free Jazz, from Analog to Digital, Fela: The Life and Times of an African Musical Icon, and Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION • CHAPTER TWO: FREE JAZZ AS SPATIAL PRACTICE: SPACE, SHAPE, SURFACE AND THE URBAN AS MODES OF JAZZ CONSCIOUSNESS • CHAPTER THREE: THE AFRICANIST GRID AND THE SPLINE AS MODES OF JAZZ CONSCIOUSNESS • CHAPTER FOUR: RECORDED SPACE AS A MODE OF JAZZ CONSCIOUSNESS • CHAPTER FIVE: LIVING SPACE: JOHN COLTRANE BETWEEN WORLDS • CHAPTER SIX: ELECTRICITY WAS JUST ANOTHER COLOR: MILES DAVIS BETWEEN WORLDS • CHAPTER SEVEN: "A LIQUID FEELING EMERGES"