{"id":107,"date":"2006-09-24T13:42:58","date_gmt":"2006-09-24T18:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/?p=107"},"modified":"2026-06-11T23:58:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:58:46","slug":"extended-play-sounding-off-from-john-cage-to-dr-funkenstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/?p=107","title":{"rendered":"Extended Play: Sounding Off from John Cage to Dr. Funkenstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0822314738\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/71c6OchvOqL._SL1360_-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"226\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/71c6OchvOqL._SL1360_-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/71c6OchvOqL._SL1360_-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/71c6OchvOqL._SL1360_-768x1161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/71c6OchvOqL._SL1360_.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><b>John Corbett (1994)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Using obscure and familiar figures from around the world as touchstones for portraits, interviews, and essays, Corbett roams an incredible breadth of musical territory: blues and jazz, contemporary classical, funk and rap, free improvisation, rock, and reggae. His true talent becomes clear as he exits surface terrain to guide the reader through a labyrinth of philosophical and intellectual thought amid the musical landscape. His interview techniques (particularly with Cage), breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding, and use of words in a way that imparts wisdom and provokes deep thought all shine. This work shows Corbett to be an important writer of our time; recommended for serious musicians and all others who enjoy the &#8220;outside.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Corbett (1994) Using obscure and familiar figures from around the world as touchstones for portraits, interviews, and essays, Corbett roams an incredible breadth of musical territory: blues and jazz, contemporary classical, funk and rap, free improvisation, rock, and reggae. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/?p=107\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,8,39,16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-history","category-interview","category-music","category-theory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1144,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/1144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}