Loft jazz : improvising New York in the 1970s / Michael C. Heller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heller, Michael C., 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--New York (State)--New York--1971-1980--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Jazz--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Jazz--Social aspects.

History.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 257 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]

Summary:

"The New York loft jazz scene of the 1970s was a pivotal period for uncompromising, artist-produced work. Faced with a flagging jazz economy, a group of young avant-garde improvisers chose to eschew the commercial sphere and develop alternative venues in the abandoned factories and warehouses of Lower Manhattan. Loft Jazz provides the first book-length study of this period, tracing its history amid a series of overlapping discourses surrounding collectivism, urban renewal, experimentalist aesthetics, underground archives, and the radical politics of self-determination"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Fragmented Memories and Activist Archives 1

Part 1 Histories

2 Influences, Antecedents, Early Engagements 19

3 The Jazz Loft Era 34

Part 2 Trajectories

4 Freedom 65

5 Community 94

6 Space 127

7 Archive 145

8 Aftermaths and Legacies 179.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520285408

0520285409

9780520285415

0520285417

OCLC:

958262848