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Outside Music, Inside Voices:
Author Garrison Fewell is in ‘The Spotlight’
Outside Music, Inside Voices:
Dialogues on Improvisation, Spirituality, and Creative Music
By Garrison Fewell
Outside Music, Inside Voices: Dialogues on Improvisation and the Spirit of Creative Music, is a series of 25 dialogues Garrison conducted with the world’s leading creative improvising musicians on topics such as creativity and inspiration, improvisation, social justice issues, the civil rights movement, healing powers of music, African-American musical influence, women and improvised music, education, and the contribution of artists, poets and creative composer-improvisers to society and culture.
The list of dialogues includes John Tchicai, William Parker, Henry Threadgill, Roy Campbell Jr., Henry Grimes, Wadada Leo Smith, Milford Graves, Steve Swell, Han Bennink, Joe McPhee, Matthew Shipp, Liberty Ellman, Steve Dalachinsky, Nicole Mitchell, Dave Burrell, Ahmed Abdullah, Rosemarie Hertlein, Irene Schweitzer, Pheeroan AkLaaf, Baikida Carroll, Marilyn Crispell, Joelle Leandre, Oliver Lake, Myra Melford, and Sabir Mateen.
Guitarist Garrison Fewell has pursued a unique pathway of creative musical evolution while touring the globe for forty years and receiving critical acclaim across a wide range of musical styles and disciplines. Born in Philadelphia on October 14, 1953, Fewell has been performing Professionally since the late 1960s.
Fewell is the author of four books: Jazz Improvisation (Ninth World Music 1984), Jazz Improvisation for Guitar: A Melodic Approach (Hal Leonard/ Berklee Press, 2005), The Art of Harmony and Improvisation (Carisch, 2007), and Jazz Improvisation for Guitar: A Harmonic Approach (Hal Leonard / Berklee Press,2010). He writes for Guitar Player, AllAboutJazz, and Axe magazines, and is the recipient of music grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Artslink, and Arts International. He has also been a USIA American Cultural Specialist and received three Berklee College Faculty Fellowship Grants.
Garrison Fewell
Rave Reviews from Herbie Hancock and Bob Blumenthal!
Garrison Fewell has written a brilliant discussion of creativity and spirituality, delving into the deep relationship between these two subjects that spark the explorations of many of the pioneers of avant garde jazz music. I’m intrigued by the broad scope of the dialogues that are illuminated by his insight resulting from his own powerful experience in the practice of Nichiren Buddhism. There is much detail here that is compelling and encourages much more than a single reading of this book. There are many surprises to explore that are not only insightful, but ultimately, uplifting, encouraging and empowering.
"Outside Music, Inside Voices" is a collection that structurally resembles Arthur Taylor's classic "Notes and Tones," but with a difference, because Garrison Fewell begins with his own journey beyond the lessons taught in music schools, and then consults 25 peers to compare and contrast experiences. The points of similarity - and difference -are fascinating, revealing the many mansions in the community of creative sound. Fewell has unlocked a rarely opened window into some of the past half century's most important musical voices.
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