Steven F. Pond is Associate Professor of music at Cornell University. He will become Editor in Chief for the journal Jazz Perspectives in 2011.
... [a] very readable dissection of all the different ways in which
Herbie Hancock's 1973 album Head Hunters broke the mould. . . .An
entertaining and thought-provoking read.- Jazzwise Magazine;
""... as gripping and readable as the album is unapologetically
popular and danceable, this book will be gobbled up like a
musicological mystery novel that incites and invites readers to
listen again and rethink 'who-done-it' and how in the jazz history
we thought we knew.""- Sherrie Tucker, author of Swing Shift:
""All-Girl"" Bands of the 1940s;
""Steven Pond produces his own 'fusion' with a seamless blend of
ethnographic and historical research. This book will fascinate
scholars and fans of jazz and popular music, as well as those
interested in the emerging interdisciplinary field of sound
studies, and in the broader relationship between genre and identity
in contemporary music.""- David Brackett, author of Interpreting
Popular Music, and The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader: Histories and
Debates;
""An important and timely book. Pond's work reflects the insight an
informed researcher and skilled performer can bring to the study of
music. In exploring varied dimensions-sonic, cultural,
technological, economic-he renders the tale in all its complexity,
without sacrificing clarity of expression. This is the kind of book
jazz scholarship has long needed.""- Travis Jackson, Associate
Professor of American Music, University of Chicago
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