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The book introduced the term "outcat," defining a marginal, idiosyncratic jazz musician, and was highlighted during a discussion of Francis's terminology.
He titled one of his books Outcats, a word coined by the pianist Paul Knopf and revived by Francis.
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The book introduced the term "outcat," defining a marginal, idiosyncratic jazz musician, and was highlighted during a discussion of Francis's terminology.
He titled one of his books Outcats, a word coined by the pianist Paul Knopf and revived by Francis.
He wrote about many outcats. Here's how Francis used the word, quote, by popular stereotype, all jazz musicians are outcats, but those of us within music recognize the outcat as a specific type, too selfabsorbed to be part of any movement and too idiosyncratic to spearhead one and too marginal in the larger scheme of things to elicit much.
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It was cited as one of the titles written by jazz critic Francis Davis.
He is the author of many books on jazz, including Bebop and Nothingness, In the Moment, and Outcats, jazz composers, instrumentalists, and singers.