Music and the Creative Spirit

By Lloyd Peterson

Music and the Creative Spirit is a book of interviews with today's innovators in Jazz, Improvisation, and the Avant Garde, including Pat Metheny, Regina Carter, Fred Anderson, John Zorn, Joshua Redman, and others.

Part 1 Editor's Foreword Part 2 Preface Part 3 Acknowledgments Part 4 Introduction Chapter 5 1. Fred Anderson Chapter 6 2. Derek Bailey Chapter 7 3. Joey Baron Chapter 8 4. Tim Berne Chapter 9 5. Peter Brotzmann Chapter 10 6. Regina Carter Chapter 11 7. Chicago Roundtable Chapter 12 8. Marilyn Crispell Chapter 13 9. Jack DeJohnette Chapter 14 10. Dave Douglas Chapter 15 11. Hamid Drake Chapter 16 12. Bill Frisell Chapter 17 13. Fred Frith Chapter 18 14. Annie Gosfield Chapter 19 15. Mats Gustafsson Chapter 20 16. Barry Guy Chapter 21 17. Dave Holland Chapter 22 18. Susie Ibarra Chapter 23 19. Eyvind Kang Chapter 24 20. Steve Lacy Chapter 25 21. George Lewis Chapter 26 22. Pat Martino Chapter 27 23. Christian McBride Chapter 28 24. Brad Mehldau Chapter 29 25. Myra Melford Chapter 30 26. Pat Metheny Chapter 31 27. Jason Moran Chapter 32 28. Ikue Mori Chapter 33 29. David Murray Chapter 34 30. Paal Nilssen-Love Chapter 35 31. Greg Osby Chapter 36 32. Evan Parker Chapter 37 33. William Parker Chapter 38 34. Joshua Redman Chapter 39 35. Maria Schneider Chapter 40 36. Wadada Leo Smith Chapter 41 37. Ken Vandermark Chapter 42 38. Cuong Vu Chapter 43 39. David S. Ware Chapter 44 40. Otomo Yoshihide Chapter 45 41. John Zorn Chapter 46 42. Pat Metheny Part 47 Index Part 48 About the Author