As serious as your life
Subtitle: Black music and the free jazz revolution, 1957-1977
By: Val Wilmer ; with a new foreward by Richard Williams ; photographs by the author
Contributors: Williams, Richard, 1947- writer of foreward
Series: Serpent's Tail classics; Serpent's Tail classics
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781788160711
Subjects: Jazz; History and criticism; Jazz musicians
Description: "As essential now as when it was first published in 1977, As Serious As Your Life celebrates jazz with passion and conviction. Covering the dynamic period 1960-1976, Valerie Wilmer powerfully evokes a remarkable revolutionary musical era that continues to inspire generations of musicians. Valerie Wilmer evaluates the musical careers of both the famous names of the time - Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra and Cecil Taylor - and those of less well-known artists. It is her unique approach - placing the 'new jazz' in its political and social context - that makes As Serious As Your Life a classic of jazz criticism."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reprint. Originally published: London: Allison and Busby, 1977.