Edition |
1st American ed. |
Description |
309 p. ; 22 cm. |
Note |
"First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Faber and Faber Ltd." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Into the blue : welcome to the modern world -- The sound of blue : blue valentines, blue kisses, blue velvet, way to blue -- Blue moods : conversations behind a Chinese laundry -- Blue dawn : from the Third Stream to the nouvelle vague -- Six colours (blue) : adventures in modality: from Milestones to Porgy and Bess -- Interlude: outside in blue : Camus, Moravia, Mastroianni and the man with the Strand cigarette -- The blue moment : an Armenian Orthodox church with a three-second reverb -- Blue waves : John Coltrane and Bill Evans: quartet and trio -- Blue horizon : Enter minimalism: La Monte Young and Terry Riley -- Dark blue : the Velvet Underground: how art came to the discotheque -- So blue : what James Brown told Pee Wee Ellis -- Blue bells : soft machines and curved air -- Code blue : The art school of hop: Brian Eno and the bush of ghosts -- Blue on blue : northern latitudes and the most beautiful sound next to silence -- Coda: permanent blue : inside the Dream House. |
Subject |
Davis, Miles. Kind of blue.
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Davis, Miles -- Influence.
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Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Jazz -- 1961-1970 -- History and criticism.
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ISBN |
9780393076639 (hardcover) |
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0393076636 (hardcover) |
Standard No. |
CDX 11035890 |
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AU@ 000045049105 |
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QBX a 09053270 |
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