Dancing in your head : jazz, blues, rock, and beyond / / Gene Santoro

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910965498903321
• Autore: Santoro Gene
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994
• ISBN: 0-19-802408-8; 1-280-45185-8; 0-19-535642-X; 1-60256-092-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 308 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.64/0973
• Soggetti: Popular music - United States - History and criticism; Jazz - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published: 1994.; Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- 1. Phonograph Blues -- 2. Hellhound on His Trail -- 3. Lift Every Voice and Sing -- 4. Doing It to Death -- 5. Take It to the River -- 6. Born on the Bayou -- 7. New Orleans's Hidden Treasures -- 8. Soul Queen of New Orleans -- 9. Uptown -- 10. Country Comforts -- 11. Androgyne with a Lariat -- 12. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues -- 13. Austin's Eraserhead -- 14. The Layla Sessions -- 15. Beckology -- 16. Rockin' in the Free World -- 17. Still Alive: The Grateful Dead -- 18. New York Lou -- 19. On the Border -- 20. Payola Guys -- 21. Turn On Your Love Light -- 22. Rock Vaudeville -- 23. Good Day at Black Rock -- 24. The Godfathers of Rap -- 25. Don't Believe the Hype -- 26. Mr. Ambience -- 27. Them Ol' Bahamas Blues -- 28. Dancing in Your Head -- 29. The Blackwell Project -- 30. E.S.P. -- 31. Rolling with the Tape -- 32. The Serpent's Tooth -- 33. Prince of Darkness -- 34. Notes from Underground -- 35. Hidden Histories -- 36. Gunther Schuller's Memory Palace -- 37. Preservation Hall Comes to Carnegie -- 38. Nature Boy -- 39. The Two Oscars -- 40. The Gypsy King -- 41. The Wizard of Waukesha -- 42. A Box of Mr. Overdub -- 43. Collier's Ellington Follies -- 44. Epitaph -- 45. Mingus's Sancho Panza -- 46. Rahsaan to the Moon -- 47. Space Is the Place -- 48. ; Surfing on the Keys -- 49. Music by Association -- 50. Unplugging the Enlightenment -- 51. Child Is Father to the Music -- 52. In and Out of the Tradition -- 53. The Knitting Factory -- 54. Monk Goes Downtown -- 55. The Nurturer -- 56. The Clark Kent of the Electric Guitar -- 57. Downtown Scenes -- 58. Fractured Fairy Tales -- 59. Caos Totale -- 60. On the Street Where You Live -- 61. East Village Jumpcuts -- 62. Naked City -- 63. A Star Is Made -- 64. Master of Tributes -- 65. The Big Apple Avant-garde -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M.; N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book gathers Santoro's liveliest reviews and essays for the first time, introducing a fresh and provocative perspective on several decades of musicians and their work. This book offers reflections on the evolution of jazz, rock and roll, and rap.