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John Lewis and the challenge of "real" black music /

For critics and listeners, the reception of the 1950s jazz-classical hybrid Third Stream music has long been fraught. Christopher Coady explores the work ofone of the form's most vital practitioners, following Lewis from his role as an arranger for Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool sessions...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coady, Christopher, 1980-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
Series:Jazz perspectives (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Subjects:
Lewis, John, > 1920-2001 > Criticism and interpretation.
African American jazz musicians > History and criticism.
Third stream (Music) > History and criticism.
Jazz > 1941-1950 > History and criticism.
Jazz > 1951-1960 > History and criticism.
Music and race > United States > History > 20th century.
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