Alan Beckett
Biographic Data
| ID | 5904541 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Beckett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Beckett |
| SIGNATURE | BECKETT A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Comment on 'The Freudian Slip'
Sebastiano Timpanaro’s piece on The Psychopathology of Everyday Life published in nlr 91 under the title ‘The Freudian Slip’ does not live up to the editorial promise of a ‘highly original stance’ on Freud. On the contrary, the article published amounts to a populist attack on psycho-analysis . . .
Mapping Pop
In this series of articles on pop, I have so far discussed the basic lines for the analysis of contemporary pop music (nlr 39), and one pop group—the Rolling Stones (nlr 47). However, this procedure, passing from the theoretical preconditions for a study in depth to
Stones
The group takes its name from Muddy Waters’ Rolling Stone Blues (nlp28040). Their initial direction is taken from a broad spectrum of American Negro popular music, including both rhythm-and-blues, from Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf to Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Rufus Thomas, and soul music from
ESP Music
Largely because of the success of The Fugs (Ed Sanders’ and Tuli Kupferberg’s beat group, to be discussed in my forthcoming essay on popular music), the e.s.p. label continues to exist, and has grown in size and substance. The faults we noted previously are still sometimes apparent—there
Bob James Trio
Jazz has never been completely cut off from the European musical tradition as some people imagine; we can immediately recall that some New Orleans musicians also played in the City Opera. Initially, most contacts were attempts to use ‘classical’ techniques, but as the general level of technical sophistication
The New Wave in Jazz
Popular Music
The New Wave in Jazz
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The New Wave in Jazz
‘I listened to him all kinds of ways. I listened to him high and I listened to him cold sober. I even played with him. I think he’s jiving, baby. He’s putting everybody on. They start with a nice lead-off figure, but then they go off into outer
Two Country Blues Singers
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Monk in the Sixties
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The New Wave in Jazz
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Sonny Rollins since 1961
In 1959, Sonny Rollins retired from active participation in jazz, reemerging in 1961. Four records have been released under his name since then, and while each deserves greater consideration than can be given here a brief assessment of their general direction is overdue
John Lee Hooker
Modern blues singing has not, until recently, received the attention it deserves. The few records which have been released in this country have had a mixed reception. Although improved technique and a constructive command of increased instrumental resources have often enriched their music, modern blues singers are still
Eric Dolphy
Cecil Taylor
Pianist Cecil Taylor was born in New York City in 1933 and has lived there ever since. His urban life seems to have been important in the development of his musical aesthetic. ‘What makes jazz unique’, he has said, ‘is the compression of energy into a short period
Recent Coltrane
The Impulse record company has done much valuable work in documenting contemporary developments in jazz. Perhaps their finest achievement to date has been the compilation of nine volumes of John Coltrane’s playing since 1960. They deserve to be commended for continuing to release the work of this important
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Sonny Rollins since 1961
In 1959, Sonny Rollins retired from active participation in jazz, reemerging in 1961. Four records have been released under his name since then, and while each deserves greater consideration than can be given here a brief assessment of their general direction is overdue
John Lee Hooker
Modern blues singing has not, until recently, received the attention it deserves. The few records which have been released in this country have had a mixed reception. Although improved technique and a constructive command of increased instrumental resources have often enriched their music, modern blues singers are still
Eric Dolphy
Cecil Taylor
Pianist Cecil Taylor was born in New York City in 1933 and has lived there ever since. His urban life seems to have been important in the development of his musical aesthetic. ‘What makes jazz unique’, he has said, ‘is the compression of energy into a short period
Recent Coltrane
The Impulse record company has done much valuable work in documenting contemporary developments in jazz. Perhaps their finest achievement to date has been the compilation of nine volumes of John Coltrane’s playing since 1960. They deserve to be commended for continuing to release the work of this important
The New Wave in Jazz
‘It is our belief that jazz musical forms must be extended to meet an entirely new set of artistic, social, cultural and economic circumstances. It might seem strange to some to see the word ‘jazz’ mentioned in context with such cold hard realities as society and economics, yet
The New Wave in Jazz
‘I listened to him all kinds of ways. I listened to him high and I listened to him cold sober. I even played with him. I think he’s jiving, baby. He’s putting everybody on. They start with a nice lead-off figure, but then they go off into outer
Two Country Blues Singers
This article will focus upon two of the most important earlier blues singers, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Robert Johnson, whose styles represent successive stages in the development of this musical form
Monk in the Sixties
No living jazz musician has accomplished as much as Thelonious Monk. His music transcends jazz, in a way which Charlie Parker’s did not. He must be reckoned as one of the most important musicians ever to come out of America
The New Wave in Jazz
The ‘new wave’ is now at least six years old and the time has come to take stock. In the four articles of which this is the first, we shall attempt to do this, giving the bulk of our attention to solo and collective improvisation. There are two
Bob James Trio
Jazz has never been completely cut off from the European musical tradition as some people imagine; we can immediately recall that some New Orleans musicians also played in the City Opera. Initially, most contacts were attempts to use ‘classical’ techniques, but as the general level of technical sophistication
The New Wave in Jazz
Popular Music
ESP Music
Largely because of the success of The Fugs (Ed Sanders’ and Tuli Kupferberg’s beat group, to be discussed in my forthcoming essay on popular music), the e.s.p. label continues to exist, and has grown in size and substance. The faults we noted previously are still sometimes apparent—there
Stones
The group takes its name from Muddy Waters’ Rolling Stone Blues (nlp28040). Their initial direction is taken from a broad spectrum of American Negro popular music, including both rhythm-and-blues, from Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf to Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Rufus Thomas, and soul music from
Mapping Pop
In this series of articles on pop, I have so far discussed the basic lines for the analysis of contemporary pop music (nlr 39), and one pop group—the Rolling Stones (nlr 47). However, this procedure, passing from the theoretical preconditions for a study in depth to
Comment on 'The Freudian Slip'
Sebastiano Timpanaro’s piece on The Psychopathology of Everyday Life published in nlr 91 under the title ‘The Freudian Slip’ does not live up to the editorial promise of a ‘highly original stance’ on Freud. On the contrary, the article published amounts to a populist attack on psycho-analysis . . .
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