{"product_id":"the-freedom-principle-jazz-after-1958-da-capo-paperback","title":"The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958 (Da Capo Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOrnette Colemans discovery some thirty years ago that his bands music was indeed a \"free thing\" marked the beginning of a revolution in jazz. From the early free-form experiments  Colemans dancing blues  and John Coltranes saxophone cries and sheets of sound  to the brittle  melancholy modes of Miles Davis  vibrant  sophisticated new jazz idioms proliferated. In this critical and historical survey of todays jazz  noted critic John Litweiler traces the evolution of the new music through such artists as Coleman  Coltrane  Davis  Cecil Taylor  Eric Dolphy  Sun Ra  Albert Ayler  Anthony Braxton  and others. He also addresses questions such as: Is Free jazz a rejection of the jazz tradition? Are European folk classical musics altering this essentially Afro-American art? Do the principles of Free jazz provide real emotional liberation for the creative musician? This is a solid  informed guidefor new jazz fans and serious listeners aliketo what has  in many ways  been the most productive and most controversial period in the history of jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44958151180341,"sku":"ByrdShop_0306803771","price":521.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780306803772.jpg?v=1770366312","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-freedom-principle-jazz-after-1958-da-capo-paperback","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}