Arcana II

Quelques uns d'entre vous connaissent Arcana, ce bouquin sorti il y a
quelques années, où les musiciens qu'il cotoie ou qu'il a cotoyé durant
toutes ces années donnait leurs avis critique ou leur contribution au
sujet de la musique. Et bien figurez vous que le tome II vient de
sortir apparement avec à nouveau une belle liste de musiciens apportant
leur contribution avec entre autres celles de Trevor Dunn et Trey
Spruance!

ARCANA [JOHN ZORN, Editor] - Arcana II: Musicians On Music [Book]
(Hips Road; USA) In his preface to the first Arcana: Musicians on
Music (2000), avant-garde composer and saxophone player John Zorn
wrote: "This book exists to correct an unfortunate injustice, the
incredible lack of insightful critical writing about a significant
generation of the best and most important work of the past two
decades." That the injustice was repaired by that collection was
happily affirmed by its subsequent success. The range of
writing--from the technical to the aphoristic/diaristic--demonstrated
that sometimes critical writing on music can inspire as much as it
can explicate. As Zorn acknowledged, though, Arcana was also a first
step. Now Arcana II, also edited by Zorn, extends the scope of its
predecessor, compiling further essential writing by luminaries of
contemporary improvisation and composition such as Butch Morris, Evan
Parker, Marina Rosenfeld, Ned Rothenberg, Sylvie Courvoisier, Steve
Coleman, Dave Douglas, Annie Gosfield, Jim O'Rourke, Milford Graves,
Zeena Parkins, Bill Laswell and Uri Caine.
Volume 2 includes essays by: Christopher Adler, Mick Barr,
Borah Bergman, Lisa Bielawa, Uri Caine, Noah Creshevsky, Steve
Coleman, Sylvie Courvoisier, Chris Dench, Dave Douglas, Trevor Dunn,
Jason Eckardt, Jewlia Eisenberg, Annie Gosfield, Milford Graves,
Carla Kihlstedt, Lukas Ligeti, Jose Maceda, Ernesto Martinez, Butch
Morris, Jim O'Rourke, Evan Parker, Zeena Parkins, Maja Ratkje, Marina
Rosenfeld, Ned Rothenberg, Trey Spruance, JG Thirlwell, Matt Welch,
Yamataka Eye. SPECIAL SALE PRICE THROUGH JUNE 30th
BOOK for $30 [afterwards $35]