| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 363 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates). |
| Series |
Studies in jazz ; 66 |
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Studies in jazz ; no. 66.
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| Note |
Includes discography and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
WHAT IT IS; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Timeline; Chapter 1: The Delicacy of Youth: Beginnings; Chapter 2: The Call: I Find Music, It Finds Me; Chapter 3: Breakaway: Finding Myself; Chapter 4: Arrival: Becoming an Artist; Chapter 5: The Energy of the Chance: Going for It; Chapter 6: Guided Dream: Playing with the Masters; Chapter 7: It's Different Out There: On the Job with the Prince of Darkness; Chapter 8: Beyond the Line: My Own World; Chapter 9: Passages: The Ups and Downs; Chapter 10: Turn It Around: Solidifying Art and Life. |
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Chapter 11: While We're on the Subject: On OthersChapter 12: Tomorrow's Expectations: The Legacy; Appendix I: Selected Discography; Appendix II: Selected Educational Materials; Appendix III: Two Compositions by Dave Liebman; Index. |
| Summary |
Dave Liebman is one of the leading forces in contemporary jazz. Prominently known for performing with Miles Davis and Elvin Jones, he has exerted considerable influence as a saxophonist, bandleader, composer, author, and educator. In What It Is: The Life of a Jazz Artist, friend, pianist, and noted jazz scholar Lewis Porter conducts a series of in-depth interviews with Liebman, who discusses his professional, personal, and musical relationships with notable musicians, as well as such personal matters as contracting polio. |
| Subject |
Liebman, Dave -- Interviews.
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Liebman, Dave. (OCoLC)fst00076188
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Interviews.
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Saxophonists -- United States -- Interviews.
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Jazz -- History and criticism.
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MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Woodwinds.
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Jazz. (OCoLC)fst00982165
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Jazz musicians. (OCoLC)fst00982205
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Saxophonists. (OCoLC)fst01106255
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Interviews. (OCoLC)fst01423832
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| Added Author |
Porter, Lewis, 1951-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Liebman, Dave. What it is. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012 9780810882034 (DLC) 2011043588 (OCoLC)744300488 |
| Standard No. |
9786613656704 |
| ISBN |
9780810882546 (electronic bk.) |
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081088254X (electronic bk.) |
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