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An International Bibliography of the Jazz Avant-Garde, 1959-Present By John Gray Price: $150.00 Binding: Cloth ISBN: 9780984413485 656 pages African Diaspora Press Pub. Date: July 2019 SUBJECTS Music Reference Jazz Studies American Studies Black/Diaspora Studies SERIES TITLE: Black Music Reference Series SERIES NUMBER: 9

INTERVIEW
Free jazz research and guerrilla scholarship: an interview with John Gray
Pierre Crépon talks to author John Gray about amassing and processing the 12,000 references making up his jazz bibliographies Fire Music and Creative Improvised Music

REVIEWS
"...will serve researchers across disciplines and international audiences, enhancing the global narrative and body of scholarly works on...free jazz/improv...." --Notes (Music Library Association)

DESCRIPTION
For almost three decades Fire Music, the author's acclaimed 1991 bibliography, has been the standard reference work on the jazz avant-garde. Now, at long last, we have its companion. Creative Improvised Music picks up where that volume left off, focusing on the literature on American free jazz and European free improvisation published since the early 1990s, as well as older works and archival material not included in its predecessor. In this new iteration users will find information not only on the music's pioneers but also on hundreds of other improviser-composers, ensembles, and collectives which have emerged in recent years.

The current volume is organized into three easy to navigate sections--General Works; Regional Studies; and Biographical and Critical Studies--allowing users to quickly access the information they need. It also includes a detailed subject index which offers a key to all of the book's sections and another way to quickly pinpoint citations by topic, geographical location, personal name, and instrument.

Major Highlights include:

• Comprehensiveness and currency. Offers more than 5500 annotated entries on print, digital and audio-visual materials published between 1991 and 2018.
• Linguistic diversity. Covers works in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish and Italian.
• Increased coverage of European sources, many not indexed anywhere else.
• In-depth indexing of key experimental music and jazz journals, both print and digital.
• Broader examination of topics such as gender and race, politics and religion/spirituality and their influence in jazz since 1960.
• Detailed coverage of local and regional scenes, particularly in the music's main North American and European hubs.
• Exhaustive biographical section documenting the work of nearly 1000 improviser-composers, ensembles, and collectives along with a select number of record industry figures, jazz poets, and others. These range from icons such as John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and Sun Ra to recent voices such as Mary Halvorson, Tyshawn Sorey and Taylor Ho Bynum.

An essential resource for all jazz researchers, educators and librarians.

PRAISE FOR THE PREVIOUS EDITION

"There are very few bibliographies in jazz studies as well organized as Fire Music. Musicians, researchers, jazz fans, and librarians will find it an important addition to their collections."--Notes (Music Library Association)

"...[John Gray's] Fire Music is simply the best source of information regarding so-called avant-garde jazz."--NJSO Journal

"...an extremely important resource for those interested in free jazz and improvised music."--Down Beat

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction I.   GENERAL WORKS II.  REGIONAL STUDIES          Argentina          Australia          Austria          Brazil          California          Canada          Connecticut          Czech Republic          Denmark          Finland          France          Germany             Free Music Production          Great Britain          Illinois          Italy          Japan          Massachusetts          Mexico          Michigan          Missouri          Netherlands, The          New York             Knitting Factory             Vision Festival          Norway          Pennsylvania          Poland          Portugal          Russia          Scotland          South Africa          Sweden          Switzerland          Texas III. BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL STUDIES Sources Consulted Libraries and Archives Appendix I: List of Individuals, Ensembles and Collectives by Instrument/Occupation Appendix II: List of Individuals, Ensembles and Collectives by Country Author Index Subject Index

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JOHN GRAY is a veteran bibliographer specializing in the expressive culture of Africa and the African diaspora. His previous publications include Music of Sub-Saharan Africa, Hip-Hop Studies and more than a dozen other titles. His work Baila! A Bibliographic Guide to Afro-Latin Dance Musics from Mambo to Salsa, was the recipient of the 2015 Vincent H. Duckles Award (for best book-length bibliography or reference work published in 2013) from the Music Library Association.