Saying Something: Jazz Improvisation and Interaction

by Ingrid Monson

Book Overview

This fresh look at the neglected rhythm section in jazz ensembles shows that the improvisational interplay among drums, bass, and piano is just as innovative, complex, and spontaneous as the solo. Ingrid Monson juxtaposes musicians' talk and musical examples to ask how musicians go about "saying something" through music in a way that articulates identity, politics, and race. Through interviews with Jaki Byard, Richard Davis, Sir Roland Hanna, Billy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226534782
• ISBN13: 9780226534787
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 9.5"