Lift Every Voice and Swing : : Black Musicians and Religious Culture in the Jazz Century /

Lift Every Voice and Swing : : Black Musicians and Religious Culture in the Jazz Century / / Vaughn A. Booker.

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Winner of the 2022 Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities, award by by the Council of Graduate SchoolsExplores the role of jazz celebrities like Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, and Mary Lou Williams as representatives of African American religion in the twentieth centuryBeginning in...

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Booker, Vaughn A.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 6 black and white illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Representations of Religion and Race
  • 1. “Jazzing Religion”
  • 2. “Get Happy, All You Sinners”
  • 3. “Tears of Joy”
  • 4. “Royal Ancestry”
  • Part II. Missions and Legacies
  • 5. God’s Messenger Boy
  • 6. “Is God a Three- Letter Word for Love?”
  • 7. Jazz Communion
  • 8. Accounting for the Vulnerable
  • 9. Virtuoso Ancestors
  • Conclusion: Black Artistry and Religious Culture
  • Acknowledgments
  • Music Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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