Pianos, Toys, Music and Noise: Conversations with Steve Beresford (Paperback)

List of Steve Beresford's Top Tips for Improvisers List of illustrations Foreword by Stewart Lee Introduction Short biography of Steve Beresford 1. Early Life 1950-1974, and Musical Education Martin Mayes 2. The Portsmouth Sinfonia Gavin Bryars 3. Second-Generation Free Improviser Brian Marley, Mike Cooper 4. Derek Bailey 5. Company Week 1977 + The Dutch School + Alterations + White String's Eugene Chadbourne, David Toop, Terry Day, David Brown 6. Saxophonists: Evan Parker, Tony Coe, Lol Coxhill Evan Parker 7. Piano, Toy Piano, Toys Chris Burn, Alex Ward, Adam Fairhall 8. Jazz, Free Jazz, And Free Improvisation Rachel Musson 9. Teaching Improvisation 10. The 1980s And 90s Kazuko Hohki, Jean Rochard, John Butcher, Paul Hession, Hannah Marshall 11. Film Music (Including Cue Sheets Number One) + Video Artists + Christian Marclay + Visual Art Helen Petts 12. Graphic Notation + John Cage + Classical Music Philip Thomas, Tania Caroline Chen, Mandhira de Saram 13. The Improv Scene + The Audience 14. Post-2000 Alan Tomlinson, Elaine Mitchener, Blanca Regina, Leila Adu-Gilmore, Cara Stacey 15. Comedy And Entertainment 16. Popular Music, Popular Culture Tessa Pollitt, Adrian Sherwood 17. Electronics, Sound And Recording Pat Thomas Steve Beresford Discography Bibliography and Discography Index