Preface
Introduction: In Praise of Performance
1. Cool Jazz, Hot Jazz and Hard Bop on a Summer's Day
2. Wild Guitarists and Spastic Singers: Virtuosic Performance on Film
3. Direct Cinema, Rock's Public Persona and the Emergence of the Rock Star
4. Instrumental Technique and Facial Expression On Screen
5. Free Jazz Meets Independent Film: Shirley Clarke's Ornette: Made in America
6. 'I'm Looking at Them and They're Looking at Me': Observation and Communication in Sex Pistols: Live at the Longhorn
Conclusion: Simple Gestures and Smooth Spaces in Robert Cahen's Boulez-Repons
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Thomas Cohen. n/a

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This interestingly conceived and well-annotated book managed to change the way I looked at and perceived musical performance captured on film.
*Documentary Magazine*

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