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What is this thing called jazz? : African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists /
Despite the plethora of writing about jazz, little attention has been paid to what musicians themselves wrote and said about their practice. An implicit division of labor has emerged where, for the most part, black artists invent and play music while white writers provide the commentary. Eric Porter...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press,
©2002.
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| Colección: | Music of the African diaspora ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A marvel of paradox : jazz and African American modernity
- Dizzy atmosphere : the challenge of bebop
- Passions of a man : the poetics and politics of Charles Mingus
- Straight ahead : Abbey Lincoln and the challenge of jazz singing
- Practicing "creative music" : the black arts imperative in the jazz community
- Writing "creative music" : theorizing the art and politics of improvisation
- The majesty of the blues : Wynton Marsalis's jazz canon.