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An Unsung Cat: The Life and Music of Warne Marsh: Studies in Jazz

Autor Safford Chamberlain Cuvânt înainte de Gary Foster Creat de Hal Leonard Publications
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 noi 2004

Simțim adesea că istoria jazz-ului este scrisă doar de figurile iconice, însă An Unsung Cat ne reamintește că nuanțele genului sunt modelate de artiști precum Warne Marsh. Putem afirma că această lucrare, semnată de Safford Chamberlain, depășește formatul unei biografii clasice, fiind o explorare tehnică și emoțională a unui saxofonist care a ales integritatea artistică în locul succesului comercial facil. Notăm cu interes parcursul sinuos al lui Marsh, de la studiile riguroase cu Lennie Tristano și strălucirea anilor '50, până la dispariția sa din viața publică și revenirea triumfală din deceniul opt.

Ca și The Life and Music of Kenny Davern, acest volum din seria Studies in Jazz pune accent pe perseverența în fața adversității, dar cu un stil propriu, mult mai analitic asupra limbajului muzical. Chamberlain, fiind el însuși un discipol al lui Marsh, reușește să îmbine mărturiile intime despre viața privată și luptele personale ale artistului cu o analiză riguroasă a performanțelor sale la saxofon tenor. Spre deosebire de Artie Shaw, care se concentrează pe era Swing, An Unsung Cat investighează profunzimile jazz-ului postbelic, oferind o discografie extinsă ce devine un ghid esențial pentru colecționari. Este o lectură care recuperează vocea unui muzician fascinant, oferind contextul necesar pentru a înțelege de ce Marsh este considerat astăzi unul dintre cei mai fini improvizatori ai epocii sale.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780810853508
ISBN-10: 0810853507
Pagini: 430
Dimensiuni: 146 x 226 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.62 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Scarecrow Press
Seria Studies in Jazz

Locul publicării:New York, United States

De ce să citești această carte

Pentru pasionații de jazz care doresc să descopere un artist de nișă cu o tehnică remarcabilă. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a școlii lui Lennie Tristano și a complexității saxofonului tenor. Este o recomandare excelentă pentru cei care apreciază biografiile documentate riguros, oferind atât o poveste umană despre reziliență, cât și un instrument de studiu muzical prin analizele detaliate și discografia inclusă.


Descriere

An Unsung Cat explores the life and music of jazz saxophonist, Warne Marsh. Safford Chamberlain follows the artist from his start in youth bands like the Hollywood Canteen Kids and The Teen-Agers through his studies under Lennie Tristano, his brilliant playing of the 1950s, his disappearance from public view in the 1960s, his re-emergence in the 1970s, and his belated recognition in the 1980s as one of the finest tenor players of the post-World War II era. Through interviews with the Marsh family and friends, Chamberlain offers an inside view of Marsh's private life, including his struggles with drug abuse. Detailed analysis of outstanding performances complements the personal story, while an extensively researched discography and photographs reveal the public and private face of this unique performer. In addition to the book, Scarecrow is pleased to offer a companion compact disc, released by Storyville Records. The tracks on the CD provide a representative sampling of Marsh's best work, while providing a historical overview of his development, from the beginning track, 'Apple Honey,' which is a private, low-fidelity tape from an NBC radio broadcast in 1945 of the Hoagy Carmichael Show, to the final track, 'Sweet and Lovely,' captured months before his death in 1987.

Recenzii

Unsung Cat is not only a many-faceted, novelistic biography by a noted jazz journalist and one of Marsh's former sax students, but a heartbreaking mystery that tortures readers with questions as deeply as it satisfies with narrative richness. Who was this jazz cipher, and how did so many of us miss his musical genius?...The publisher has put together a companion CD released by Storyville Records and a book and Cd set for $68.50. That should serve as a good introduction to Marsh's work.
..highly-detailed biography...an interesting story...
...painstakingly researched and gracefully written...A fine volume...
...with Chamberlain's discerning comments on the music, the interested reader will easily be able to follow Marsh's musical development...the discography is invaluable for a player like Marsh...
...remarkable job of cutting through the myth of Warne Marsh and taking a serious, analytical look at his life and his music...Chamberlain's book is one of the finest examples of jazz biography, and worthy of Marsh's legacy in every way.
Safford Chamberlain...has just given a big boost to Marsh's stock. An Unsung Cat: The Life and Music of Warne Marsh ... is a thorough and objective study of a man Chamberlain calls 'a flawed genius.' Chamberlain's book is important in many respects. Aside from its value as a biography, he provides an informative discography of Marsh's recorded work. An accompanying section of transcribed Marsh solos will prove invaluable to musicians. In addition, Chamberlain has compiled a companion CD of important Marsh recordings.
Warne Marsh left a legacy of fine recordings which are thoroughly analyzed by Chamberlain in his compelling and insightful journey into one jazz musician's existence. Safford Chamberlain has compiled a brilliant biography of a very complicated man...This is savvy writing from a man who is in tune with jazz by virtue of being a musician, scholar and a relentless searcher for truth and accuracy. This is the best and most legitimate bio that I have read in years....
Chamberlain studies jazz saxophone for awhile with Marsh (1927-87), but eventually gave it up in favor of his day job teaching literature and writing about jazz. Still the experience inspired him to produce a biography of his teacher. Aside from some exuberant fans, he says, Marsh was considered a very good second-level tenor saxophonist during his career, but attributes his lack of recognition primarily to an outsider temperament that led him to mismanage his own affairs and contribute to his own obscurity.
...a detailed picture of this fascinating musician.