Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter by Michelle Mercer (English) Pape

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This biography is a rich portrait of saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter, one of the great architects of jazz, and a man whose influence will be felt by musicians and music fans for generations to come.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter has not only left his footprints on our musical terrain, he has created a body of work that is a monument to artistic imagination. Throughout Shorter's extraordinary fifty-year career, his compositions have helped define the sounds of each distinct era in the history of jazz.Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.

Author Biography

Michelle Mercer is a New York Times bestselling author and a veteran music commentator for National Public Radio. Michelle is the author ofFootprints- The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter(Penguin),Will You Take Me As I Am- Joni Mitchell's Blue Period (Simon & Schuster), and the ghostwriter of other titles.She's the first woman to be a featured Hot Box critic for DownBeat magazine, and herwriting has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Village Voice, among many other publications. Michelle has won fellowships and residencies around the world, and has presented and reported on art, music, and culture in 20 countries.

Long Description

Saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter has not only left his footprints on our musical terrain, he has created a body of work that is a monument to artistic imagination. Throughout Shorter's extraordinary fifty-year career, his compositions have helped define the sounds of each distinct era in the history of jazz. Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.

Details ISBN1585424684 Author Michelle Mercer Short Title FOOTPRINTS Language English ISBN-10 1585424684 ISBN-13 9781585424689 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY B Illustrations Yes Year 2007 Residence Brooklyn, NY, US Birth 1972 Imprint Jeremy P Tarcher Subtitle The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter Place of Publication Los Angeles Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9781585424689 UK Release Date 2007-03-01 US Release Date 2007-03-01 Pages 336 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc Publication Date 2007-03-01 Alternative 9780892540624 Audience General NZ Release Date 2007-02-28 AU Release Date 2007-02-28 We've got this

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