Chuck Israels Bass Notes (Hardback)

by Chuck Israels

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Further Details Title: Bass Notes Condition: New Subtitle: Jazz in American Culture: A Personal View Author: Chuck Israels Format: Hardback ISBN-10: 1493074849 EAN: 9781493074846 ISBN: 9781493074846 Publisher: Backbeat Books Genre: Music Dance & Theatre Topic: Biography Release Date: 12/15/2023 Description: From his upbringing as a “red-diaper baby” among some of the leading lights of American music and Left politics, to his legendary work as bassist for the Bill Evans trio, to his collaborations with such figures as Charles Mingus and Billie Holiday, Chuck Israels has witnessed over a half-century of change and innovation in American jazz music. In Bass Notes, he offers up both an engaging memoir and a meditation on the history of jazz music and its prospects for the future. In addition to fascinating stories from his work with musicians like John Coltrane, Joan Baez, and Herbie Hancock, he gives an inside view into the mysterious alchemy that happens when skilled jazz improvisers get together. As he explains, the combination of disciplined collaboration and individual freedom is not just exhilarating for musicians, but an inspiring reflection of, and model for, democracy and the potential for true racial equality. Israels recounts his decision to leave Bill Evans’s trio to deepen his musical education and develop as a composer—and his choice to not rejoin the trio in Evans’s last years. Citing such developments as the dominance of conservatory training and ill-advised cross

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• Year: 2023
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781493074846
• Condition: Fine

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