{"product_id":"birds-of-fire-9780822350309","title":"Birds of Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn analysis of the emergence, reception, and legacy of fusion, experimental music that emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s as musicians combined jazz, rock, and funk in new ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fellezs succeeds in being both academic and a fan. He succeeds in bringing these four artists in from the margins while recognising their cross-cultural capital lies in their non-belonging to any mainstream discourse.” - Andy Robson,\u003ci\u003e Jazzwise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fellezs offers fascinating biographical detail and the kind of serious critical overview that the music has long deserved. His knowledge is impressive, his perspective thought-provoking, reflected in fascinating historical tidbits and observations. . . . [O]ne-of-a-kind, critical reading.” - Ken Micallef,\u003ci\u003e Downbeat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“. . . \u003ci\u003eBirds of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e (named for the second album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra) is actually a relatively easy read that posits some fascinating theories about how and why fusion developed and why it was embraced by some, castigated by others.” - Andrey Henkin, \u003ci\u003eNew York City Jazz Record\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kevin Fellezs's \u003ci\u003eBirds of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e gives a detailed history of the fusion movement of the 1960s and 1970s. . . . This is an excellent and engaging study of this under-represented musical idiom. . . . \u003ci\u003eBirds of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to scholars and fans alike, with enough scholarly engagement for the former, and enough biographical and musical detail for the latter.” - Katherine Williams,\u003ci\u003e Popular Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“More than a study of one underexplored market niche, \u003ci\u003eBirds of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly illuminates how the market both inhibits and enables creativity, as well as how creative musicians challenge the music industry’s narrowing and naturalizing of complicated, constructed, conflicted, and deeply contradictory social identities.”—\u003cb\u003eGeorge Lipsitz\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHow Racism Takes Place\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What a pleasure it is to read this insightful, exciting, and extremely well listened analysis of fusion music. Kevin Fellezs suggests new ways of understanding the four artists he profiles, develops a productive framework for rethinking fusion, and helps us to understand why artists and audiences were stimulated by this music even as it was dismissed by purists. \u003ci\u003eBirds of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a major contribution to rethinking the place of fusion within jazz studies, as well as broader questions of genre across disciplines.”—\u003cb\u003eSherrie Tucker\u003c\/b\u003e, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eBig Ears: Listening for Gender in Jazz Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBirds of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e (named for the second album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra) is actually a relatively easy read that posits some fascinating theories about how and why fusion developed and why it was embraced by some, castigated by others.” -- Andrey Henkin * New York City Jazz Record *\u003cbr\u003e“Fellezs offers fascinating biographical detail and the kind of serious critical overview that the music has long deserved. His knowledge is impressive, his perspective thought-provoking, reflected in fascinating historical tidbits and observations. . . . One-of-a-kind, critical reading.” -- Ken Micallef * Downbeat *\u003cbr\u003e“Fellezs succeeds in being both academic and a fan. He succeeds in bringing these four artists in from the margins while recognising their cross-cultural capital lies in their non-belonging to any mainstream discourse.” -- Andy Robson * Jazzwise *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Bitches Brew \/ \u003ci\u003econsidering genre\u003c\/i\u003e 15\u003cbr\u003e 2. Where Have I Known You Before? \/ \u003ci\u003efusion's foundations\u003c\/i\u003e 33\u003cbr\u003e 3. Vital Transformation \/ \u003ci\u003efusion's discontents\u003c\/i\u003e 65\u003cbr\u003e 4. Emergency! \/ \u003ci\u003eTony Williams\u003c\/i\u003e 91\u003cbr\u003e 5. Meeting of the Spirits \/ \u003ci\u003eJohn McLaughlin\u003c\/i\u003e 123\u003cbr\u003e 6. Don Juan's Reckless Daughter \/ \u003ci\u003eJoni Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e 7. Chameleon \/ \u003ci\u003eHerbie Hancock\u003c\/i\u003e 183\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion 222\u003cbr\u003e Notes 229\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 265\u003cbr\u003e Index 283","brand":"MD - Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51456015728983,"sku":"9780822350309","price":2021.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822350309.jpg?v=1755033454","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/birds-of-fire-9780822350309","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}