The Jazz Pilgrimage of Gerald Wilson
Jazz great Gerald Wilson (1918-2014), born in Shelby, Mississippi, left a global legacy of paramount significance through his progressive musical ideas and his orchestra's consistent influence on international jazz. Aided greatly by interviews that bring Wilson's voice to the story, Steven Loza presents a perspective on what the musician and composer called his jazz pilgrimage.Wilson uniquely adapted Latin influences into his jazz palette, incorporating many Cuban and Brazilian inflections as well as those of Mexican and Spanish styling. Throughout the book, Loza refers to Wilson's compositions and arrangements, including their historical con…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4968-1603-0
- EAN: 9781496816030
- Produktnummer: 27104315
- Verlag: University Press of Mississippi
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 210 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 10'644 KB
- Abbildungen: 15 musical examples, 4 tables
Über den Autor
Steven Loza, Culver City, California, is professor and chair of ethnomusicology at University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of Barrio Rhythm: Mexican American Music in Los Angeles and Tito Puente and the Making of Latin Music, as well as multiple musical anthologies. In addition to his extensive research and publications, Loza has performed jazz and Latin jazz, recorded two CDs, and produced numerous concerts and arts festivals internationally.
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