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Improvising the Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music Through Jazz

Improvising the Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music Through Jazz

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Availability:In StockContributor:Gretchen L. CarlsonPublish date:2022-06-27Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781496840844ISBN-10:1496840844UPC:9781496840844Book Category:Music, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Film, History & CriticismBook Topic:Jazz, Direction & ProductionSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.51 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SCDS651YW3

Improvising the Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music Through Jazz

2023 Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Jazz Awards for Books of the Year--Honorable Mention Recipient

On December 4, 1957, Miles Davis revolutionized film soundtrack production, improvising the score for Louis Malle's Ascenseur pour l'?chafaud. A cinematic harbinger of the French New Wave, Ascenseur challenged mainstream filmmaking conventions, emphasizing experimentation and creative...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781496840844ISBN-10:1496840844UPC:9781496840844Book Category:Music, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Film, History & CriticismBook Topic:Jazz, Direction & ProductionSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.51 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SCDS651YW3
Gretchen L. Carlson is a musicologist and professor of music history and culture at Towson University. She has published articles on jazz and film in the Journal of the Society for American Music and Jazz and Culture.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi

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