Microgroove: Forays Into Other Music

491 Pages·2015·4.391 MB·English

by  John Corbett

MICRO-
GROOVE

MICRO-
GROOVE
forays
into other music
john corbett
duke university press
Durham & London 2015
© 2015 Duke University Press
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America on
acid- free paper ♾
Designed by Amy Ruth Buchanan
Typeset in Quadraat, Orator, and Officina
Sans by Graphic Composition, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Corbett, John, [date]
Microgroove : forays into other music / John Corbett.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978- 0- 8223- 5900- 5 (hardcover : alk. paper)
isbn 978- 0- 8223- 5870- 1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
isbn 978- 0- 8223- 7553- 1 (e- book)
1. Avant- garde (Music) 2. Music—20th century—History
and criticism. 3. Music—21st century—History and
criticism. 4. Improvisation (Music) i. Corbett, John,
[date] Extended play. Continuation of: ii. Title.
ml197.c769 2015
780.9’04—dc23
2015003795
Frontispiece: Two panels from Uncle Gaspard Joins the Bograt
Navy © Michael Hurley, reprinted with permission, all
rights reserved.
Cover art: Joe McPhee, 1970. Photograph by Ken Brunton.
Courtesy of Joe McPhee.
in memory of fred anderson,
ornette coleman, von freeman,
steve lacy, bernie mcgann,
and koko taylor

I hate music, what is it worth?
Can’t bring anyone back to this earth.
Filling the space between all of the notes,
But I’ve got nothing else, so I guess here we go.
• SUPERCHUNK, “Me and You and Jackie Mittoo”