{"product_id":"improvising-the-score-rethinking-modern-film-music-through-jazz-hardcover","title":"Improvising the Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music Through Jazz - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGretchen L. Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2023 Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Jazz Awards for Books of the Year--Honorable Mention Recipient\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn December 4, 1957, Miles Davis revolutionized film soundtrack production, improvising the score for Louis Malle's \u003ci\u003eAscenseur pour l'échafaud\u003c\/i\u003e. A cinematic harbinger of the French New Wave, \u003ci\u003eAscenseur\u003c\/i\u003e challenged mainstream filmmaking conventions, emphasizing experimentation and creative collaboration. It was in this environment during the late 1950s to 1960s, a brief \"golden age\" for jazz in film, that many independent filmmakers valued improvisational techniques, featuring soundtracks from such seminal figures as John Lewis, Thelonious Monk, and Duke Ellington. But what of jazz in film today? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eImprovising the Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music through Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e provides an original, vivid investigation of innovative collaborations between renowned contemporary jazz artists and prominent independent filmmakers. The book explores how these integrative jazz-film productions challenge us to rethink the possibilities of cinematic music production. In-depth case studies include collaborations between Terence Blanchard and Spike Lee (\u003ci\u003eMalcolm X\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhen the Levees Broke\u003c\/i\u003e), Dick Hyman and Woody Allen (\u003ci\u003eHannah and Her Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e), Antonio Sánchez and Alejandro González Iñárritu (\u003ci\u003eBirdman\u003c\/i\u003e), and Mark Isham and Alan Rudolph (\u003ci\u003eAfterglow\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first book of its kind, this study examines jazz artists' work in film from a sociological perspective, offering rich, behind-the-scenes analyses of their unique collaborative relationships with filmmakers. It investigates how jazz artists negotiate their own \"creative labor,\" examining the tensions between improvisation and the conventionally highly regulated structures, hierarchies, and expectations of filmmaking. Grounded in personal interviews and detailed film production analysis, \u003ci\u003eImprovising the Score\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates the dynamic possibilities of integrative artistic collaborations between jazz, film, and other contemporary media, exemplifying its ripeness for shaping and invigorating twenty-first-century arts, media, and culture.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGretchen L. Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e is a musicologist and professor of music history and culture at Towson University. She has published articles on jazz and film in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Society for American Music \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJazz and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784093499680,"sku":"9781496840721","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5300c1f15cb18389da9df72127950b1e.webp?v=1780599730","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/improvising-the-score-rethinking-modern-film-music-through-jazz-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}