Universal Tonality: The Life and Music of William Parker

Since ascending onto the world stage in the 1990s as one of the premier bassists and composers...
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Author: Cisco Bradley
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Universal Tonality: The Life and Music of William Parker by Bradley, Cisco

Universal Tonality: The Life and Music of William Parker

$566.77

Universal Tonality: The Life and Music of William Parker

$566.77
Author: Cisco Bradley
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Since ascending onto the world stage in the 1990s as one of the premier bassists and composers of his generation, William Parker has perpetually toured around the world and released over forty albums as a leader. He is one of the most influential jazz artists alive today. In Universal Tonality historian and critic Cisco Bradley tells the story of Parker's life and music. Drawing on interviews with Parker and his collaborators, Bradley traces Parker's ancestral roots in West Africa via the Carolinas to his childhood in the South Bronx, and illustrates his rise from the 1970s jazz lofts and extended work with pianist Cecil Taylor to the present day. He outlines how Parker's early influences-Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and writers of the Black Arts Movement-grounded Parker's aesthetic and musical practice in a commitment to community and the struggle for justice and freedom. Throughout, Bradley foregrounds Parker's understanding of music, the role of the artist, and the relationship between art, politics, and social transformation. Intimate and capacious, Universal Tonality is the definitive work on Parker's life and music.

Author: Cisco Bradley
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 02/12/2021
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9781478011194


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 01/01/2021 pg. 73
Choice 11/01/2021

About the Author
Cisco Bradley is Associate Professor of History at the Pratt Institute, editor of the Jazz Right Now blog, and author of Forging Islamic Power and Place: The Legacy of Shaykh Da'ud bin 'Abd Allah al-Fatani in Mecca and Southeast Asia.

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