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Who can afford to improvise? : James Baldwin and black music, the lyric and the listeners /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:	Libro Electrónico
Main Author:	Pavlic, Edward M. (Edward Michael) (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	Inglés
Published:	New York, NY : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Subjects:	Baldwin, James, > 1924-1987 > Criticism and interpretation. Baldwin, James, > 1924-1987 African Americans > Music > History and criticism. Music and literature > United States. Musique et littérature > États-Unis. LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General. African Americans > Music Music and literature United States Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Texto completo

Table of Contents:

Front ; Contents; Introduction; "Not the country we're sitting in now"; Blues Constants, Jazz Changes; "Making words; Billie Holiday: Radical Lyricist; Dinah Washington's Blues and the Trans- Digressive Ocean; "But Amen is the price"; On Camden Row; Speechless in San Francisco; "In a way they must . . ."; "Shades cannot be fixed"; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.