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Universal Tonality : The Life and Music of William Parker /
Since ascending onto the world stage in the 1990s as one of the premier bassists and composers of his generation, William Parker has perpetually toured around the world and released over forty albums as a leader. He is one of the most influential jazz artists alive today. In Universal Tonality histo...
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
[2021]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction / "Flowers Grow in My Room": Realizing a Vision
- I. Origins
- One / Enslavement and Resistance: From West Africa to the Carolinas to Harlem
- Two / Struggle, Beauty, and Survival: Childhood in the South Bronx
- Three / Consciousness: Art, Politics, and Self in the Mind of a Young Man
- II. Early Work
- Four / The Loft Scene: Art, Community, and Self-Determination
- Five / "Music That Will Give People Hope": Centering Dance Music with Patricia Nicholson
- Six / "Music Is Supposed to Change People": Working with Cecil Taylor
- III. Toward the Universal
- Seven / "It Is the Job of the Artist to Incite Political Revolution": In Order to Survive
- Eight / Into the Tone World: Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
- Nine / Toward a Universal Sound: William Parker Quartet and Raining on the Moon
- Ten / Honoring the Elders: Tribute Projects and Other Bands
- Eleven / All People Need Truth to Survive: Recent Work and Legacy
- Appendix: William Parker Discography
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index