As serious as your life : Black music and the free jazz revolution, 1957-1977 /

"As essential now as when it was first published in 1977, As Serious As Your Life celebrates jazz with passion and conviction. Covering the dynamic period 1960-1976, Valerie Wilmer powerfully evokes a remarkable revolutionary musical era that continues to inspire generations of musicians. Valer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wilmer, Valerie (Author, Photographer)
Other Authors:	Williams, Richard, 1947- (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Serpent's Tail, 2018.
Series:	Serpent's Tail classics.
Subjects:	Jazz > 1961-1970 > History and criticism. Jazz > 1971-1980 > History and criticism. African American musicians. Jazz musicians > United States. Jazz > 1961-1970 > Histoire et critique. Jazz > 1971-1980 > Histoire et critique. Musiciens noirs américains. Musiciens de jazz. Jazz. Jazz musicians. United States. Jazz > Histoire et critique. 1961-1980 Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Great Black music : from "A love supreme" to "The sex machine"
John Coltrane : "A love supreme"
Cecil Taylor : eighty-eight tuned drums
Ornette Coleman : the art of the improviser
Sun Ra : Pictures of infinity
Albert Ayler : spiritual unity
The AACM : Chicago's alternative society
As serious as your life
The spirit behind the musicians
A family of rhythms
It takes two people to confirm the truth
"You sound good--for a woman!"
Bill Dixon and the Jazz Composers Guild
Politics, the media and collectivism
Recording : getting the music out there
Does the music have a future?