In the Moment: Jazz in the 1980s

by Francis Davis

Book Overview

Written by an influential critic whose credits include Rolling Stone, The Boston Phoenix, The Atlantic, Downbeat and the Village Voice, this book celebrates the perseverance of jazz in an inhospitable decade. Francis Davis traces the rise of such entertaining jazz "baby boomers" as Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Anthony Davis, David Murray, Bobby McFerrin, Stanley Jordan, Craig Harris, and Billy Bang, without overlooking the continuing influence of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195040902
• ISBN13: 9780195040906
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"