In the Moment: Jazz in the 1980s

by Francis Davis

Book Overview

Written by an influential critic who has contributed articles to Rolling Stone, The Boston Phoenix, The Atlantic, High Fidelity, and the Village Voice, this book celebrates the perseverence of jazz in an inhospitable decade.
Francis Davis traces the rise of such enterprising jazz "baby boomers" as Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Anthony Davis, David Murray, Bobby McFerrin, Stanley Jordan, Craig Harris, and Billy Bang, and explores the continuing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195054199
• ISBN13: 9780195054194
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"