 | John Lewis and the Challenge of @quot;Real@quot; Black Music Subjects: Lewis John 1920–2001 -- Criticism and interpretation; Modern Jazz Quartet; Third stream (Music) -- History and criticism; Jazz -- 1941–1950 -- History and criticism; Jazz -- 1951–1960 -- History and criticism; Music and race -- United States -- History; For critics and listeners, the reception of the 1950s jazz-classical hybrid Third Stream music has long been fraught. In John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music , Christopher Coady explores the work of one of the form's most vital practitioners, following Lewis from his role as an arranger for Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool sessions to his leadership of the Modern Jazz Quartet, his tours of Europe, and his stewardship of the Lenox School of Jazz. Christopher Coady is a lecturer in musicology, University of Sydney |
