Experiencing Herbie Hancock (eBook)

A Listener's Companion

Eric Wendell (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
252 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-5838-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Eric Wendell looks beyond the successes and failures of jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock to explore his musical design within the jazz community and mainstream pop culture. Wendell explores how Hancock’s efforts have established new jazz standards while fostering a cross-genre continuity among modern jazz practitioners.

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The musical output of jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock has toppled genre boundaries and influenced generations of musicians. A child prodigy who worked his way up through classical tradition, found a home for his insatiable creativity in jazz, and went on to influence musicians across numerous genres, Hancock's work continues to be a staple in mainstream music. In addition to his classical training and innovative jazz work, Hancock has explored many forms of music such as rock, funk and world music, always looking ahead rather than rehashing what has already been accomplished. In Experiencing Herbie Hancock, Eric Wendell looks beyond the successes and failures of Hancock's career in an effort to explore Hancock's musical design within the jazz community and within the popular mainstream. Wendell also explores Hancock's dramatic impact on the jazz community and how his efforts have fostered a cross-genre continuity among modern jazz practitioners.Hancock's chameleon attitude towards contemporary music styles has been met with excitement from both peers and fans alike. Experiencing Herbie Hancock is an ideal work for jazz aficionados, music, and anyone who appreciates the efforts of an artist who would rather look ahead to the great unknown then tread backwards on past endeavors.

Autor

Eric Wendell is a New York–based musician, writer, and historian. He is the author of Patti Smith: America’s Punk Rock Rhapsodist (R&L 2014) and was a contributor to the encyclopedia Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture.

Inhalt

Chapter 2: Next Steps: Miles, (Re)Inventions & New MediumsChapter 6: The Pop Promise of Herbie Hancock: The Disco/Synth Stew of MonsterA Tribute to Miles1+1PossibilitiesEpilogueSelected ReadingSelected Listening

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.8.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Listener's Companion
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: African-American musicians • American musicians • Composers • cross-genre • famous African-Americans • famous pianists • Jazz Music • jazz pianists • jazz piano • Miles Davis • music biography • music history and criticism
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-5838-1 / 1442258381
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-5838-9 / 9781442258389