Cette série se plonge dans la riche histoire et l'évolution de la musique jazz enregistrée. Elle examine méticuleusement les artistes clés, les styles novateurs et les innovations significatives qui ont façonné le genre au fil du temps. Offrant des aperçus profonds des dimensions techniques et artistiques de l'enregistrement musical, elle constitue une ressource inestimable tant pour les amateurs de jazz que pour les historiens de la musique. La collection propose une exploration académique mais accessible de l'héritage enregistré du jazz.
The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet , 1965-68 provides an important analytical study of the Miles Davis quintet studio recordings of 1965-68, including the albums E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Sorcerer, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky, and Filles de Kilimanjaro. Using transcription and analysis, Keith Waters brings to light the compositional, improvisational, and collective achievements of the group.
In Keith Jarrett's The Koeln Concert, Peter Elsdon presents, for the first time, a detailed musical account of Keith Jarrett's best-selling The Koeln Concert. It explores the way in which Jarrett developed the format of the solo improvised concert, and looks at the subsequent reception of the record.
In Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Brian Harker strikes a unique balance between 1920s views of jazz and those of today. For the first time Armstrong's technical achievements are placed in a meaningful cultural context, yielding unexpected insights into these seminal documents of early jazz.