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The dark tree : jazz and the community arts in Los Angeles /

"In the early 1960s, pianist Horace Tapscott gave up a successful career in Lionel Hampton's band and returned to his home in Los Angeles to found the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, a community arts group that focused on providing community-oriented jazz and jazz training. Over the course o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Isoardi, Steven Louis, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.
Edición:Revised and updated.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the second edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • "Ancestral echoes" : roots of the African-American community artist
  • "Ballad for Samuel" : the legacy of Central Avenue and the 1950s avant-garde in Los Angeles
  • "Lino's pad" : African American Los Angeles and the formation of the Underground Musicians Association (UGMA)
  • "The giant is awakened" : the Watts Uprising and cultural resurgence
  • "Warriors all" : UGMA in the middle of It
  • "The Mothership" : from UGMA/UGMAA to the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra and UGMAA
  • "To the Great House" : the Arkestra in the 1970s
  • "Thoughts of Dar Es Salaam" : the institutionalization of UGMAA
  • "At the crossroads" : The Ark and UGMAA in the 1980s
  • "The hero's last dance" : the '90s resurgence
  • "Aiee! The Phantom" : Horace Tapscott
  • "The Black Apostles"-The Arkestra/UGMAA ethos/eesthetic : music, artists, and community
  • Epilogue: The post-Horace Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra
  • Appendix: A view from the bottom : the music of Horace Tapscott and The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra / by Roberto Miranda.