Eric Wendell

Experiencing Herbie Hancock

A Listener's Companion

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Eric Wendell looks beyond the successes and failures of jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock to explore his musical design within the jazz community and mainstream pop culture. Wendell explores how Hancock's efforts have established new jazz standards while fostering a cross-genre continuity among modern jazz practitioners.

Produktdetails

• Listener's Companion
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9781442258372
• ISBN-10: 1442258373
• Artikelnr.: 43491225

Autorenporträt

By Eric Wendell

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: Brave Beginnings: Chicago, Mozart & Blue Note
Chapter 2: Next Steps: Miles, (Re)Inventions & New Mediums Chapter 3: The
Gil Evans Influence: Speak Like A Child Chapter 4: Mwandishi to Head
Hunters: A Study in Subtlety Chapter 5: What's Next?: Hancock Hurdles
Towards the Majors Chapter 6: The Pop Promise of Herbie Hancock: The
Disco/Synth Stew of Monster Chapter 7: A Video Star Is Born: The (Re)
Introduction of Hancock for the MTV Generation Chapter 8: One For Their
Mentor: A Tribute to Miles Chapter 9: Brothers in Arms: The Musical
Tête-à-Tête of 1+1 Chapter 10: Hancock Courts to the Masses: The Hope of
Possibilities Epilogue Selected Reading Selected Listening