Shortlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize 2017.In this first installment of acclaimed music writer David Toops interdisciplinary and sweeping overview of free improvisation; Into the Maelstrom: Music; Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom: Before 1970 introduces the philosophy and practice of improvisation (both musical and otherwise) within the historical context of the post-World War II era. Neither strictly chronological; or exclusively a history; Into the Maelstrom investigates a wide range of improvisational tendencies: from surrealist automatism to stream-of-consciousness in literature and vocalization; from the free music of Percy Grainger to the free improvising groups emerging out of the early 1960s (Group Ongaku; Nuova Consonanza; MEV; AMM; the Spontaneous Music Ensemble); and from free jazz to the strands of free improvisation that sought to distance itself from jazz. In exploring the diverse ways in which spontaneity became a core value in the early twentieth century as well as free improvisations connection to both 1960s rock (The Beatles; Cream; Pink Floyd) and the era of post-Cagean indeterminacy in composition; Toop provides a definitive and all-encompassing exploration of free improvisation up to 1970; ending with the late 1960s international developments of free music from Roscoe Mitchell in Chicago; Peter Brouml;tzmann in Berlin and Han Bennink and Misha Mengelberg in Amsterdam.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great for Henson Fans!By RDDA neat volume. but the seller sent me a "new" copy lacking the dust jacket. As I intended to give it as a gift. I could not accept this and had to send it back. Good for fans of Jim Henson.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Oink OinkBy christopher vigilMy buddy had a drunken one night stand with a chick who looked like Miss Piggy. Weve been calling him Kermit ever since. Bought him this for Christmas last year. He hated it. It was worth every penny.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Henson is dead-- long live Kermit the frog.By Kindle CustomerHenson was a genius at creativity. To me. he and Disney share the top spot in crafting cartoon characters and stories. This book offers some insights into how he built his comic universe and how his family helped. He died too young.
