Live at the Forbidden City: Musical Encounters in China and Taiwan - Couverture souple

Rea, Dennis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 059539048X ISBN 13 : 9780595390489

Editeur : iUniverse, 2006

Synopsis

Live at the Forbidden City offers a singular look at the rapidly evolving Chinese popular music scene, as seen through the eyes of one of the first progressive Western musicians to perform extensively in both China and Taiwan.In the 1980s and 90s, American author and musician Dennis Rea was an unofficial musical ambassador to the East, playing concerts in venues ranging from sports arenas to illicit underground nightclubs to TV broadcasts viewed by millions of Chinese-frequently under bizarre circumstances and the constant threat of harassment by Communist Party authorities. Spiced with informative reflections on Chinese music and culture, Live at the Forbidden City interweaves vivid, often comical depictions of Rea's musical adventures with an insider's look at China's emergent rock music phenomenon, richly descriptive tales of travels in China's ethnic minority regions, and an eyewitness account of the violent civil uprising that broke out in the city of Chengdu at the same time as the world-shaking events at Tiananmen Square.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dennis Rea has performed with many leading international figures in modern jazz, adventurous rock, and experimental music. He has acted as co-director of the annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival and co-editor of the Tentacle creative music journal.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 059539048X
• ISBN 13: 9780595390489
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne