| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 277 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Although fans and scholars alike recognize the Grateful Dead as icons of the psychedelic music, the band's improvisatory approach still remains an enigma to the uninitiated. In Grateful Dead and the Art of Rock Improvisation, Malvinni unravels this mystery, walking readers through the band's musical decision-making process. Written for rock music fans with little to no background in music theory and scholars and students of popular music culture, the book reveal the method behind the seeming madness of America's greatest. |
| Contents |
On deadness : the path to unlimited devotion -- Primal Grateful Dead improvisation : from R & B covers to originals like "That's it for the other one" -- "Dark star" as cosmic expansion -- "Dark star" : theorizing improvisation -- "Mind left your body" : thematic signposts and arrivals in the Grateful Dead's jazz-rock jamming -- The unfolding of jamming in the Grateful Dead's original repertoire -- Improvisational types in the Grateful Dead's later period. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grateful Dead (Musical group)
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Grateful Dead (Musical group) |
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Improvisation (Music)
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Improvisation (Music) |
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Rock music -- History and criticism.
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Rock music. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Malvinni, David. Grateful Dead and the art of rock improvisation. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2013 9780810882553 (DLC) 2012038584 (OCoLC)774500493 |
| ISBN |
9780810883482 (electronic book) |
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0810883481 (electronic book) |
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9780810882553 |
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0810882558 |
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