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REVIEW: Creative Life: Music, Politics, People, and Machines
Rob Wallace reviews "Creative Life: Music, Politics, People, and Machines," a collection...
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REVIEW: Derek Bailey and the Story of Free Improvisation
In this review by Scott Thompson, Ben Watson's biography of Derek Bailey is said to carry a...
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REVIEW: echtzeitmusik berlin: selbstbestimmung einer szene | self-defining a scene
Christopher Williams reviews "echtzeitmusik berlin: selbstbestimmung einer szene | self-...
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REVIEW: Freedom Is, Freedom Ain't: Jazz and the Making of the Sixties
This is a review of Scott Saul's expansive study of innovative musical practices and their...
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REVIEW: I Want to Be Ready: Improvised Dance as a Practice of Freedom
Pete Williams reviews "I Want to Be Ready: Improvised Dance as a Practice of Freedom."
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REVIEW: Jazz Consciousness: Music, Race and Humanity
David Stacey reviews "Jazz Consciousness: Music, Race and Humanity," by Paul Austerlitz.
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REVIEW: Jazzwomen: Conversations with Twenty-One Musicians
Karl Coulthard reviews "Jazzwomen: Conversations with Twenty-One Musicians," a collection...
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REVIEW: Minute Particulars: Meanings in Music-Making in the Wake of Hierarchical Realignments and Other Essays
Scott Thompson reviews "Minute Particulars: Meaning in Music-Making in the Wake of...
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REVIEW: Musical Improvisation: Art, Education, and Society
Stephanie Khoury reviews "Musical Improvisation: Art, Education, and Society," a book of...
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REVIEW: No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage’s 4’33”
Brian Lefresne reviews “No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage’s 4’33”.
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REVIEW: Playing Ad Lib: Improvisatory Music in Australia 1836-1970
Roger T. Dean reviews "Playing Ad Lib: Improvisatory Music in Australia 1836-1970," by...
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REVIEW: Race Music: Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop
Jason Robinson reviews Guthrie Ramsey's "Race Music: Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop...
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REVIEW: Sounding Out: Pauline Oliveros and Lesbian Musicality
Tracy McMullen reviews "Sounding Out: Pauline Oliveros and Lesbian Musicality," an in-...
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REVIEW: Speak it Louder: Asian Americans Making Music
Ellen Waterman reviews Deborah Wong's "Speak it Louder: Asian Americans Making Music....
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REVIEW: Stance: Ideas About Emotion, Style, and Meaning for the Study of Expressive Culture
David Jackson reviews "Stance: Ideas About Emotion, Style, and Meaning for the Study of...
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REVIEW: Sync or Swarm: Improvising Music in a Complex Age
James Harley reviews David Borgo's "Sync or Swarm: Improvising Music in a Complex Age....
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