• Figure 16. The different areas of the stage. the “dugout,” the “offstage” area where musicians withdraw from playing; the “on-deck circle,” where they stand while waiting to take a solo; and the “batter’s box,” where the soloist is positioned. Annotated still from The Sound of Miles Davis, CBS Television, April 1959.

Different areas of the stage in Miles Davis's performance of "So What"

From In Concert: Performing Musical Persona by Philip Auslander

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  • Music
  • Media Studies
  • Theater and Performance
  • American Studies
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  • 1959
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