Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
It's a cliche that the world is shrinking. As Gene Santoro sees it in his second collection of essays, music is one arena where that cliche takes on a real, but paradoxical, life: while music crisscrosses the globe with ever-greater speed, musicians seize what's useful and expand their idioms more rapidly.
More and more since the 1960s, musicians, both in America and abroad, have shown an uncanny but consistent ability to draw inspiration from quite unexpected sources. We think of Paul Simon in Graceland, blending Afropop rhythms and Everly Brothers harmonies into a remarkable new sound that captured imaginations worldwide. Or Jimi Hendrix, trying to wring from guitar the howling, Doppler-shifting winds he experienced as a paratrooper.
Or Thelonious Monk, mingling Harlem stride piano, bebop, the impressionist harmonies of Debussy, and a delight in "harmonic space" that eerily paralleled modern physics. From the startling experiments of such jazz giants as Charles Mingus, to the political bite of Bob Marley and Bruce Springsteen, we see musicians again and again taking musical tradition and making it new.
The result is a profusion of new forms, media that are constantly being reinvented - in short, an art form capable of seemingly endless, and endlessly fascinating, permutations.
In Stir It Up, readers will find thoughtful but unpretentious discussions of such different musicians as David Byrne and Aretha Franklin, Gilberto Gil and Manu Dibango, Abbey Lincoln and Joe Lovano. And Santoro shows us not only the distinctive features of the diverse people who create so many dazzling sounds, but also the subtle and often surprising connections between them.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Showing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Stir it up: musical mixes from roots to jazz
1997, Oxford University Press
in English
0195098692 9780195098693
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
Stir It Up: Musical Mixes from Roots to Jazz
1997, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
in English
0195356853 9780195356854
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
Stir It Up: Musical Mixes from Roots to Jazz
1997, Oxford University Press
in English
1280528214 9781280528217
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Includes index.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?July 13, 2024 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
August 4, 2020 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
November 3, 2018 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
April 28, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Linked existing covers to the work. |
December 10, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |