FORCES IN MOTION
ANTHONY BRAXTON AND THE META-REALITY OF CREATIVE MUSIC: INTERVIEWS AND TOUR NOTES, ENGLAND 1985
BY GRAHAM LOCK
BY (PHOTOGRAPHER) NICK WHITE

PAGES: 464
PUBLISHER: DOVER PUBLICATIONS
IMPRINT: DOVER PUBLICATIONS
SERIES: DOVER BOOKS ON MUSIC
PUBLICATION DATE: 18TH JULY 2018
TRIM SIZE: 5.5 X 8.5 IN
ISBN: 9780486824093
FORMAT: PAPERBACK
BISACS:
MUSIC / INDIVIDUAL COMPOSER & MUSICIAN
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / COMPOSERS & MUSICIANS
MUSIC / PHILOSOPHY & SOCIAL ASPECTS
MUSIC / GENRES & STYLES / JAZZ

DESCRIPTION:
A #1 NEW RELEASE IN JAZZ MUSIC ON AMAZON!
'ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL READING.' — THE WIRE
ONE OF MODERN MUSIC`S TOWERING FIGURES, COMPOSER AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST ANTHONY BRAXTON HAS REDEFINED CRITICAL CONCEPTS OF JAZZ AND THE WIDER WORLD OF CREATIVE MUSIC. THE CHICAGO NATIVE`S WORKS RANGE FROM AN EARLY PIECE FOR 100 TUBAS TO PROPOSED COMPOSITIONS FOR ORCHESTRAS ON DIFFERENT PLANETS. A MODERN CLASSIC, FORCES IN MOTION FOLLOWS BRAXTON`S LAUDED QUARTET ON A 1985 TOUR OF ENGLAND, NOTING HIS OPINIONS OF HIS MUSICAL PREDECESSORS — INCLUDING CHARLIE PARKER, JOHN COLTRANE, AND KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN — AS WELL AS HIS THOUGHTS ON RACISM AND POVERTY.

-FOR THIS NEW 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, GRAHAM LOCK PROVIDES A NEW CHAPTER, DETAILING LATER ENCOUNTERS WITH BRAXTON AND THE QUARTET; ANTHONY BRAXTON HAS PENNED A NEW AFTERWORD AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO INSIDE VIEWS OF THE MIND OF A MUSICAL VISIONARY, THIS BOOK OFFERS AN ENTERTAINING CHRONICLE OF A TOURING BAND. BRAXTON`S SUBJECTS RUN THE GAMUT FROM CHESS AND HAMBURGERS TO ASTROLOGY, FEMINISM, AND ANCIENT EGYPT. ABOVE ALL, IT OFFERS A CAPTIVATING VIEW OF THE FRUSTRATIONS AND REWARDS THAT RESULT FROM AN ARTIST`S DEDICATION OF HIS LIFE TO CREATIVE MUSIC.

-'THIS BOOK SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN MY MUSIC,' ANTHONY BRAXTON HAS OBSERVED. 'GRAHAM LOCK WRITES FROM THE PERCEPTUAL PLANE OF INSIGHT AND DEDICATION — COUPLED WITH A KEEN WIT AND A DYNAMIC INTELLECT. THIS IS SERIOUS WRITING AND THINKING. I COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE FORTUNATE.'

-'REMARKABLE. ONE OF THE MOST THOROUGH AND HONEST ACCOUNTS YOU`LL FIND OF WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKE TRULY UNCOMPROMISING ART IN AMERICA. IT`S ALSO, THANKS TO LOCK`S CONVERSATIONAL, UNPRETENTIOUS STYLE AND BRAXTON`S PENCHANT FOR WITTY SELF-DEPRECATION, A THOROUGHLY APPROACHABLE AND AT TIMES EVEN LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY INVITATION INTO THE AESTHETIC WORLD OF A MAN WHOSE WORK CAN BE AS EXHILARATING AS IT IS RIGOROUS.' — ROLLING STONE
'IT`S RARE TO GET SUCH AN INSIGHT INTO BAND DYNAMICS, MUSICIANS OR THE NATURE OF SOUND AND MUSIC ITSELF, AND LOCK`S BOOK REMAINS AN OUTSTANDING WORK IN THE FIELD OF JAZZ, MUSIC, COMPOSITION, SOUND AND PSYCHOLOGY. IT MAY FOCUS ON ANTHONY BRAXTON, BUT FORCES IN MOTION SPIRALS OUT INTO A MUCH WIDER AND ENGAGING WORLD.' — INTERNATIONAL TIMES

-REPRINT OF THE DA CAPO PRESS, NEW YORK, 1988 EDITION, WITH NEW MATERIAL ADDED FOR THE DOVER EDITION.

CONTENTS:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / FOREWORD / INTRODUCTION / ASTRO BLACK MYTHOLOGY / ROAD / METAROAD / ROAD / METAROAD / ROAD / METAROAD / ROAD / METAROAD / ROAD / QUARTET / ROAD / METAROAD / ROAD / METAROAD / ROAD / METAROAD/ ROAD / QUARTET / ROAD / METAROAD / ROAD / METAROAD / ROAD / METAROAD / ROAD / QUARTET / ROAD / METAROAD / ROAD / POSTSCRIPT 1 / POSTSCRIPT 2 / POSTSCRIPT 3 / CATALOGUE OF WORKS, 1966-86 / A DISCOGRAPHICAL NOTE / SELECTED UPDATES TO THE FIRST EDITION / AFTERWORD BY ANTHONY BRAXTON / STILL IN MOTION: A SHORT SEQUEL / BIBLIOGRAPHY / INDEX.