Microgroove: Forays into Other Music

by John Corbett

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Microgroove continues John Corbett's exploration of diverse musics, with essays, interviews, and musician profiles that focus on jazz, improvised music, contemporary classical, rock, folk, blues, post-punk, and cartoon music, as well as painting, design, dance, and poetry.

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Mostly of interest for those interested in free jazz/improv although Corbett writes about other types of music. I especially enjoyed an interview of Corbett on his record-collecting passion.

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John Corbett is a music critic, record producer, and curator. He is the author of Microgroove: Forays into Other Music and Extended Play: Sounding Off from John Cage to Dr. Funkenstein, both also published by Duke University Press, and A Listener's Guide to Free Improvisation. His writing has appeared in DownBeat, Bomb, Nka, and numerous other show more publications. He is the co-owner of Corbett vs. Dempsey, an art gallery in Chicago. show less

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Music, Nonfiction, History, Art & Design
DDC/MDS
780.9Arts & recreationMusicMusicBiography And History
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ML197 .C769MusicLiterature on musicLiterature on musicHistory and criticismBy period
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