What is this thing called jazz? : African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists / / Eric Porter.
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| Superior document: | Music of the African diaspora ; 6 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Music of the African diaspora ;
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 404 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.