num_pages: 296
description: This work celebrates jazz with passion and conviction, evoking a revolutionary era that inspired generations of music. Tracing the roots of "new jazz" from 1960-1972 Wilmer dissects the musical careers of the famous names - John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Albert Ayler et al - and the less well-known artists to describe its development into a crucial component of musical history. This work places new jazz in its political and social context.
language: English
title: As serious as your life: The story of the new jazz
titlecomplete: As serious as your life: The story of the new jazz
genres: African American, Biography, History, Jazz, Music, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 520
publisher: Quartet Books Ltd.