Part music history, part cultural meditation, part travel narrative, Jazz Journeys to Japan is the first book to address the experiences of individual players -- Japanese jazz greats such as Toshiko Akiyoshi, Masahiko Satoh, Makoto Ozone, and Yosuke Yamashita. William Minor navigates the converging streams of Western music and Eastern tradition, revealing through interviews with musicians, critics, and producers the unique synthesis that results from this convergence. And, turning conventional wisdom on its ear, he disproves the widely held notion that Japanese jazz artists don't swing. Along the way, we experience Minor's growing appreciation of Japanese culture, which mirrors his subjects' discovery of American jazz. William Minor's previous books include Unzipped Souls: A Jazz Journey through the Soviet Union, and Monterey Jazz Festival: Forty Legendary Years. He has written for Downbeat, Jazz Times, Jazz Notes, Coda, and Swing Journal.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press
ISBN-13
9780472113453
eBay Product ID (ePID)
103869987
Product Key Features
Book Title
Jazz Journeys to Japan: the Heart Within
Author
William Minor
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Music
Publication Year
2004
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
William Minor
Series Title
Jazz Perspectives
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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