Like Young: Jazz, Pop, Youth, and Middle Age - Softcover

Davis, Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306811863 ISBN 13: 9780306811869

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2002

Synopsis

Modern jazz and rock 'n' roll, both of which were once identified with youthful insurrection, have reached middle age. So have many longtime listeners -including Francis Davis. Now, in these thirty-one articles, the revered jazz critic considers music young and old, examining performers from Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday to Ornette Coleman and Sun Ra. But what makes this Davis's most surprising book is the inclusion of such pop icons as Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Burt Bacharach, and Lou Reed. Using himself as an example, Davis pinpoints our collective longing for a time when we (and our music) were younger-and more inclined to take risks. Lively, opinionated, gracefully written, and often very funny, Like Young is a book for those who have long savored Davis's writing, as well as for those just now discovering him.

About this title

About the Author:

Francis Davis is a contributing editor of the Atlantic Monthly and writes regularly for the New York Times and the New Yorker. He is the author of the acclaimed books Outcats and History of the Blues and a biography of John Coltrane (Knopf). He lives in Philadelphia.

Review:

"He's a very impressive critic.... You feel you're reading an honest man." -- -Pauline Kael

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0306811863
• ISBN 13: 9780306811869
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368