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Birds of Fire: Jazz, Rock, Funk, and the Creation of Fusion by Kevin Fellezs (Paperback, 2011)

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Birds of Fire brings overdue critical attention to fusion, a musical idiom that emerged as young musicians blended elements of jazz, rock, and funk in the late 1960s and 1970s. At the time, fusion was disparaged by jazz writers and ignored by rock critics. In the years since, it has come to be seen as a commercially driven jazz substyle. Fusion never did coalesce into a genre. In Birds of Fire, Kevin Fellezs contends that hybridity was its reason for being. By mixing different musical and cultural traditions, fusion artists sought to disrupt generic boundaries, cultural hierarchies, and critical assumptions. Interpreting the work of four distinctive fusion artists-Tony Williams, John McLaughlin, Joni Mitchell, and Herbie Hancock-Fellezs highlights the ways that they challenged convention in the 1960s and 1970s. He also considers the extent to which a musician can be taken seriously as an artist across divergent musical traditions. Birds of Fire concludes with a look at the current activities of McLaughlin, Mitchell, and Hancock; Williams's final recordings; and the legacy of the fusion music made by these four pioneering artists.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-13
9780822350477
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108600558

Product Key Features

Book Title
Birds of Fire: Jazz, Rock, Funk, and the Creation of Fusion
Author
Kevin Fellezs
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Music
Publication Year
2011
Number of Pages
312 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
235mm
Item Width
156mm

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Kevin Fellezs
Series Title
Refiguring American Music
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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