Brian F Wright
Biographic Data
| ID | 9007397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian F Wright |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian F |
| FAMILY NAME | Wright |
| SIGNATURE | WRIGHT B F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Texas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals By Christopher M. Reali. Urbana
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Revisiting Kenny G (Colloquy)
Kenny G is the bestselling instrumentalist and bestselling saxophonist of all time. He is, in short, the most commercially successful artist in the history of jazz—a position that he holds despite the vehement objections of many within the jazz community. In this introductory essay, I provide an overview of the common criticisms levelled against Kenny G; I then deconstruct them and some of their underlying implications. As I argue, the popular ba…
Looking Towards the Future
In the foreword to the first issue of Popular Music and Society , published in 1971, Ray B. Browne wrote that, ‘until very recently ... academics, with a few notable exceptions, were by and large indifferent to the role of popular music in their world’; he then recounted a rejection he had received from an academic journal, whose editor had written that, ‘although this might be interesting, we both had to admit that popular songs really had no ac…
Electric bass guitar
Jaco
“My name is John Francis Pastorius III, and I’m the greatest bass player in the world.” According to Weather Report co-founder Joe Zawinul, this is how electric bassist Jaco Pastorius introduced hi
“A Bastard Instrument”
In 1952, jazz critic Leonard Feather heralded the Fender Precision Bass as a "sensational instrumental innovation" and envisioned a bright future for this new instrument as a smaller and more powerful replacement for the traditional upright. Yet, the "bass-ic revolution" that Feather predicted never actually transpired, at least not in jazz. I seek to complicate the standard narrative of jazz through an alternative history of the electric bass in…
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“A Bastard Instrument”
In 1952, jazz critic Leonard Feather heralded the Fender Precision Bass as a "sensational instrumental innovation" and envisioned a bright future for this new instrument as a smaller and more powerful replacement for the traditional upright. Yet, the "bass-ic revolution" that Feather predicted never actually transpired, at least not in jazz. I seek to complicate the standard narrative of jazz through an alternative history of the electric bass in…
Jaco
“My name is John Francis Pastorius III, and I’m the greatest bass player in the world.” According to Weather Report co-founder Joe Zawinul, this is how electric bassist Jaco Pastorius introduced hi
Electric bass guitar
Looking Towards the Future
In the foreword to the first issue of Popular Music and Society , published in 1971, Ray B. Browne wrote that, ‘until very recently ... academics, with a few notable exceptions, were by and large indifferent to the role of popular music in their world’; he then recounted a rejection he had received from an academic journal, whose editor had written that, ‘although this might be interesting, we both had to admit that popular songs really had no ac…
Revisiting Kenny G (Colloquy)
Kenny G is the bestselling instrumentalist and bestselling saxophonist of all time. He is, in short, the most commercially successful artist in the history of jazz—a position that he holds despite the vehement objections of many within the jazz community. In this introductory essay, I provide an overview of the common criticisms levelled against Kenny G; I then deconstruct them and some of their underlying implications. As I argue, the popular ba…
Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals By Christopher M. Reali. Urbana
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
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