What is this thing called jazz? African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press,
c2002.
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| Series: | Music of the African diaspora ;
6. |
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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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.