{"product_id":"loft-jazz-9780520285408","title":"Loft Jazz","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe New York loft jazz scene of the 1970s was a pivotal period for uncompromising, artist-produced work. Faced with a flagging jazz economy, a group of young avant-garde improvisers chose to eschew the commercial sphere and develop alternative venues in the abandoned factories and warehouses of Lower Manhattan. This is a study of this period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Heller] paints a kaleidoscopic portrait... inherently fascinating.\" The Wire \"Heller - through dozens of interviews and painstaking research that included full access to the ample personal archive of percussionist Juma Sultan, a pivotal figure in the movement - refreshingly moves beyond reductionist notions.\" Village Voice \"Using interviews and archival research, Michael G. Heller examines the scene's rise and eventual fall from historical, pedagogical and sociological perspectives... [He] itemizes what differentiated Loft Jazz from other styles and how its creation, dissemination and demise affected innovative jazz.\" The New York City Jazz Record\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations and Table \u003cbr\u003e  1. Fragmented Memories and Activist Archives \u003cbr\u003e PART ONE: HISTORIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  2. Influences, Antecedents, Early Engagements \u003cbr\u003e  3. The Jazz Loft Era \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART TWO: TRAJECTORIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  4. Freedom \u003cbr\u003e  5. Community \u003cbr\u003e  6. Space \u003cbr\u003e  7. Archive \u003cbr\u003e  8. Aftermaths and Legacies \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402876232023,"sku":"9780520285408","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520285408.jpg?v=1730481750","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/loft-jazz-9780520285408","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}