AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES                                                                              212 a-c

George Russell

with Vivan Perlis

Boston, MA

December 8, 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side a:                                                                                                            pp. 1-13

early years (Cincinatti)--parents--riverboat bands--drums--encounters racism--religion, exposure to Baptist church--drops out of school--Jimmy Munday--Wilberforce Collegians

Side b:                                                                                                           pp. 13-27

Wilberforce--working nightclubs--tuberculosis--Harold Gaston--released from hospital--tours with Benny Carter Band--replaced with Max Roach--New World performed in Chicago with Earl Hines Band--meets Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis--back to St, Joseph’s hospital in NYC--Lydian Concept.

Side c:                                                                                                                        pp. 27-41

Lydian Concept as influential book and theory--Max Roach, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis--artistic process of developing the theory--Coltrane, Bill Evans--Europe (Sweden and Norway) 1960s--Brandeis Commission--recordings (Stratusphunk and Stratus Seekers)--revision of work and current projects--European engagements and programs (Italy).

George Russell

with Carl Friedner and Other Journalists

Swedish Broadcasting Corporation

Stockholm, Sweden

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side d:                                                                                                                       pp. 1-6

relationship with the Swedish cultural scene--It’s About Time--early arrangements of tunes, such as Relaxing At Camarillo and New World--cultural life in contemporary America is a disaster--[David] Letterman is a fraud--the evolution of jazz--Ornette Coleman and his new music in 1959--being accused by the New York Times of taking jazz down the wrong path--the ignorant new generation of jazz musicians--current projects and The Lydian Chromatic Concept.