Ian Carr è stato un musicista jazz, compositore e scrittore scozzese, rinomato per le sue perspicaci biografie di leggende del jazz e per essere coautore di un'opera di riferimento fondamentale sul jazz. La sua scrittura offre una prospettiva profondamente informata, tratta dalla sua vasta esperienza come musicista interprete. Oltre ai suoi contributi letterari, è stato anche un educatore dedicato, che ha plasmato una generazione di musicisti attraverso i suoi insegnamenti di composizione e improvvisazione.
This revised edition of Ian Carr's biography of Miles Davis throws new light on his life and career from the early days in New York, with Charlie Parker, to his Birth of the Cool band, through his drug addiction in the early 1950s, and the years of extraordinary achievements during which he signed with Columbia, and drew to his band such unequalled talents as John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly and Cannonball Adderly.
Keith Jarrett is probably the most influential jazz pianist living today: his concerts have made him world famous. He was a child prodigy who had his first solo performance at the age of seven. In the sixties he played with the Jazz Messengers and then with the Charles Lloyd Quartet, touring Europe, Asia, and Russia. He played electric keyboards with Miles Davis at the beginning of the seventies, and went on to lead two different jazz groups—one American and one European. He straddles practically every form of twentieth century music—he has produced totally composed music, and has performed classical music as well as jazz. Jarrett has revolutionized the whole concept of what a solo pianist can do. And his albums such as Solo Concerts (at Lausanne and Bremen), Belonging, The Koln Concert, and My Song have gained him a worldwide following.Now, with Keith Jarrett: The Man and His Music, Ian Carr has written the definitive story of Jarrett's musical development and his personal journey. This is a revealing, fascinating, and enlightening account of one of the outstanding musicians of our age.
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Der unentbehrliche Leitfaden durch den Jazz. 1700 Künstler und Bands von den Anfängen bis heute. Der Rough Guide Jazz ist das umfassendste und aktuellste Lexikon über einhundert Jahre Jazz und zugleich das einzige, das von aktiven Jazz-Musikern verfaßt wurde.