INTO THE MAELSTROM, VOL 1

In this first installment of acclaimed music writer David Toop's interdisciplinary and sweeping overview of free improvisation, Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom: Before 1970 introduces the philosophy and practice of improvisation ( both musical and otherwise) within the historical context of the post-World War II era. Neither strictly chronological, or exclusive ly a history, Into the Maelstrom investigates a wide range of improvisational tendencies: from surrealist automatism to stream-of-co nsciousn...[Read more]