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Universal Tonality : The Life and Music of William Parker /
"William Parker is the most influential jazz bassist since Charles Mingus. Universal Tonality tells the story of his origins-traced from Africa to the Carolinas to Harlem-and then details his path to music. Universal Tonality chronicles Parker's career from his early days playing with Ceci...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2021.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Origins. "Flowers Grow in My Room" : Realizing a Vision ; Enslavement and Resistance : From West Africa to the Carolinas to Harlem ; Struggle, Beauty, and Survival : Childhood in the South Bronx ; Consciousness : Art, Politics, and Self in the Mind of a Young Man
- Part II. Early Work. The Loft Scene : Art, Community, and Self-Determination ; "Music That Will Give People Hope" : Centering Dance Music with Patricia Nicholson -; "Music Is Supposed to Change People" : Working with Cecil Taylor
- Part III. Toward the Universal. "It Is the Job of the Artist to Incite Political Revolution" : In Order to Survive ; Into the Tone World : Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra ; Toward a Universal Sound : William Parker Quartet and Raining on the Moon ; Honoring the Elders : Tribute Projects and Other Bands ; All People Need Truth to Survive : Recent Work and Legacy.