As Serious As Your Life: Black Music and the Free Jazz Revolution
Valerie Wilmer • Val Wilmer • ISBN-13 978‑1788160711
As Serious As Your Life: Black Music and the Free Jazz Revolution
ISBN-10: 1788160711 · ISBN-13: 978‑1788160711 · 2018
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In this definitive account of the free jazz movement, photographer and historian Val Wilmer chronicles the revolutionary spirit of 1960s and 70s Black music. By situating the work of visionaries like Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, and Sun Ra within their complex sociopolitical contexts, Wilmer captures a pivotal era of radical artistic experimentation.
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