Footprints
The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter
$35.17
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2007
Summary
Saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter has not only left his footprints on our musical terrain, he has created a body of work that is a monument to artistic imagination. Throughout Shorter’s extraordinary fifty-year career, his compositions have helped define the sounds of each distinct era in the history of jazz.
Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter’s vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associate…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781585424689 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1585424684 |
| Author: | Michelle Mercer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Jeremy P Tarcher |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2007 |
| Weight: | 374g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 259mm x 154mm |
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About The Author
Michelle Mercer
Michelle Mercer is a New York Times bestselling author and a veteran music commentator for National Public Radio.
She is the author of:
- Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter
- Will You Take Me As I Am: Joni Mitchell’s Blue Period
Mercer has also ghostwritten other titles. She is the first woman to be a featured Hot Box critic for DownBeat magazine, and her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Village Voice, among many other publications.
Mercer has won fellowships and residencies around the world and has presented and reported on art, music, and culture in 20 countries.
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