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Digging : the Afro-American soul of American classical music /
For almost half a century, Amiri Baraka has ranked among the most important commentators on African American music and culture. In this brilliant assemblage of his writings on music, the first such collection in nearly twenty years, Baraka blends autobiography, history, musical analysis, and politic...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c2009.
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| Colección: | Music of the African diaspora ;
13. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For almost half a century, Amiri Baraka has ranked among the most important commentators on African American music and culture. In this brilliant assemblage of his writings on music, the first such collection in nearly twenty years, Baraka blends autobiography, history, musical analysis, and political commentary to recall the sounds, people, times, and places he's encountered. As in his earlier classics, Blues People and Black Music, Baraka offers essays on the famousMax Roach, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltraneand on those whose names are known mainly by jazz aficionadosAlan Shorte. |
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| Notas: | "George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--Jacket. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (411 p., [14] p. of plates ). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes discographies. |
| ISBN: | 9780520943094 0520943090 0520257154 9780520257153 1282360868 9781282360860 9786612360862 6612360860 |