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This fresh look at the neglected rhythm section in jazz ensembles shows that the improvisational interplay among drums, bass, and piano is just as innovative, complex, and spontaneous as the solo. Ingrid Monson juxtaposes musicians' talk and musical examples to ask how musicians go about "saying something" through music in a way that articulates identity, politics, and race. Through interviews with Jaki Byard, Richard Davis, Sir Roland Hanna, Billy Higgins, Cecil McBee, and others, she develops

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Author

Ingrid T. Monson

Publisher

University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226534787

Category

music

Subjects

Technology, History, Music

Updated

2026-03-25