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The sound of a sax solo breaking loose from a series of driving riffs is one of the most exciting experiences of this century’s music.
Charlie Gillett • The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock & Roll
Rock ’n’ roll expressed the spontaneous, personal response of singers to city environments.
Charlie Gillett • The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock & Roll
arranger Gil Evans,
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
The sound suggested a young white man celebrating freedom, ready to do anything, go anywhere, pausing long enough for apologies and even regrets and recriminations, but then hustling on towards the new.
Charlie Gillett • The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock & Roll
the majority audience, which accepted the range of choices offered by the music industry and made its selections from this range without considering anything outside it; and the minority audience,
Charlie Gillett • The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock & Roll
developing the concept of an exciting music that could express the feelings of adolescence.
Charlie Gillett • The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock & Roll
by the early fifties, adolescents really seemed to consider themselves a “new breed” of some kind.
Charlie Gillett • The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock & Roll
the whole character of the shouted blues was adult, in the tone of voice used by the singers, the assumptions behind their songs, and the sophistication of the musical arrangements.