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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465570603321

Autore

Malvinni David

Titolo

Grateful Dead and the art of rock improvisation [[electronic resource] /] / David Malvinni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2013

ISBN

1-299-28424-8

0-8108-8348-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

782.42166092/2

Soggetti

Improvisation (Music)

Rock music - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE. On Deadness: The Path to Unlimited Devotion; CHAPTER TWO. Primal Grateful Dead Improvisation: From R & B Covers to Originals Like "That's It for the Other One"; CHAPTER THREE. "Dark Star" as Cosmic Expansion; CHAPTER FOUR. "Dark Star": Theorizing Improvisation; CHAPTER FIVE. "Mind Left Your Body": Thematic Signposts and Arrivals in the Grateful Dead's Jazz-Rock Jamming; CHAPTER SIX. The Unfolding of Jamming in the Grateful Dead's Original Repertoire

CHAPTER SEVEN. Improvisational Types in the Grateful Dead's Later PeriodAppendix 1: Scales and Modes; Appendix 2: Roman Numerals and Chords; Appendix 3: Selection of Original Songs: First Time Played Live; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Although fans and scholars alike recognize the Grateful Dead as icons of the psychedelic music, the band's improvisatory approach still remains an enigma to the uninitiated. In Grateful Dead and the Art of Rock Improvisation, Malvinni unravels this mystery, walking readers through the band's musical decision-making process. Written for rock music fans with little to no background in music theory and scholars and students of popular music culture, the book reveal the method



behind the seeming madness of America's greatest

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452340103321

Autore

Sydow Debbie

Titolo

Re-visioning community colleges [[electronic resource]] : positioning for innovation / / Debbie Sydow and Richard Alfred

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md. ; ; Plymouth, England, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2013

ISBN

1-4422-1487-2

1-4422-1488-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

American Council on Education series on community colleges

Altri autori (Persone)

AlfredRichard

Disciplina

378.1/5430973

Soggetti

Community colleges - United States

Community colleges - Evaluation

Community colleges - United States - Administration

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; On the Threshold of Restructuring; 1 Breaking Barriers, Boundaries, and Beliefs; 2 Paradox of the Present; 3 Organizing for Innovation; 4 Shape of the Future; Epilogue: Perspective and a Change in Focus; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Re-visioning Community Colleges has the foresight into the shape that community colleges will likely take in the future. Their predictions are based on an analysis of the growth and innovation trajectory in community colleges as they respond to the dramatic changes in the field.