Bibliograph

Music to silence to music, a biography of Henry Grimes, Barbara Frenz ; [foreword by Sonny Rollins ; translated from German by J. Bradford Robinson]

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Music to silence to music, a biography of Henry Grimes, Barbara Frenz ; [foreword by Sonny Rollins ; translated from German by J. Bradford Robinson]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-304) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Music to silence to music

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

927401861

Responsibility statement

Barbara Frenz ; [foreword by Sonny Rollins ; translated from German by J. Bradford Robinson]

Sub title

a biography of Henry Grimes

Summary

Henry Grimes recorded and toured with some of the most imaginative American jazz musicians including Sonny Rollins, Cecil Taylor, and Albert Ayler. This book examines the bassist's long but turbulent musical career, recounting his continuously creative artistic life as bassist, violinist and poet. Henry's a giant. - Cecil Taylor, 2000. On the records he was on, he stood out. He had a big sound, and it really punched out whatever ensemble he was in. - William Parker, 2003. I am so happy to hear that Henry is playing again. He is one of the great individualists, and his absence left a space that nobody else could fill. - Dave Holland, 2003. Henry has always been a serious, intense, and fearless musician whose personal life reflected those exceptional qualities. I admire him greatly. - Sonny Rollins, 2007. Henry Grimes is among the greatest improvisers living in the world today. His playing is exquisite. - Roscoe Mitchell, Mills College, 2010. Barbara Ina Frenz, born in 1961 in Zurich, Switzerland, is a German historian, author and copywriter living in Frankfurt am Main. Frenz grew up in a jazz-loving family, studied history, philosophy, and art history in Frankfurt, and gained her PhD with a study on equality in the Middle Ages. Frenz was a research associate at the Universities of Frankfurt and Wurzburg from1989 to '99 undertaking historical studies sponsored by various foundations. Since 2001, after further education in creative writing, she has worked in the creative areas of advertising and as a writer of poetry, texts in history and culture, and contributions to the German jazz magazine Jazzpodium.

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- 1. 'I just wanted to play the violin, and it happened' -- 2. Early years in Philadelphia (1935-1956) -- 3. First big successes : the years from 1956 to 1959 -- 4. 'There are transitions behind the names of the music' : the New York years (1960-66) -- 5. In transition : 1967-68 -- 6. 'Waiting for something to happen' : Thirty-four years in Los Angeles (1969-2003) -- 7. 'I would be interested in playing again: I just need an instrument' : Rediscovery by Marshall Marrotte-Olive Oil-First gigs (2002-03) -- 8. 'Everything that I've strived for came true' : Relocation to New York-life as a musician and poet today (2003- ) -- 9. 'Futurity' : impressions of Henry Grimes

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