Using archival footage, historic photographs, filmed performances, and recorded interviews with musicians and historians, this ten part documentary series explores the history of jazz and its influence on American music.
authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts criticism
Burgess, Anthony
2011
This first British edition includes a final chapter as well as explanatory annotations and textual notes. Included also is a glossary with origins of terms that inspired Alex's vocabulary, and which enlightens the reader as to the process Burgess used to develop the novel's distinctive style. Backgrounds and contexts enriches the reader's understanding of the historical roots and criticism is divided into two sections, one addressing the novel and the other Stanley Kubrick's film version, which created a scandal and new audiences for the book after its 1972 release.
"This volume explores the life and work of Anthony Burgess, focusing on themes of human nature, violence, and freedom of choice. Contemporary issues including gang violence and violence against women are also discussed"--.
When sax player Charlie "Bird" Parker and trumpeter Dizzy "Diz" Gillespie play together, they toss notes back and forth, pushing each other to create a new kind of music.
Discusses novelist Anthony Burgess, who is also critic, essayist, poet, professional musician, and composer, and explores virtually all of his serious fiction to date.
