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Theatrical Jazz : Performance, Àṣẹ, and the Power of the Present Moment /

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"Omi Osun Joni L. Jones provides the first full-length study of an artistic form, the theatrical jazz aesthetic, that draws on the jazz principles of ensemble--the break, the bridge, and the blue note. Theatrical Jazz: Performance, Àṣẹ, and the Power of the Present Moment is a study of the use...

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Main Author: Jones, Omi Osun Joni L., 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus, Ohio : The Ohio State University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Literature - General.
Languages & Literatures.
African American theater.
Jazz > Philosophy and aesthetics.
Performance art.
Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique) > Rites et ceremonies > Influence.
Jazz > Philosophie et esthetique.
Theâtre noir americain.
Yoruba (African people) > Rites and ceremonies > Influence.
Carlos, Laurie.
Bridgforth, Sharon > Criticism and interpretation.
Jones, Daniel Alexander, > 1970- > Criticism and interpretation.
Carlos, Laurie > Criticism and interpretation.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Troubling jazz, Abínibí, Black theatre for the twenty-first century
  • The ensemble, Ẹgbẹ́, community
  • The marrow : Laurie Carlos
  • The blue note : Daniel Alexander Jones
  • The roots : Sharon Bridgforth
  • The break, Awo, process
  • The bridge, Áṣẹ, transformation
  • Appendix I. Laurie Carlos : an abbreviated chronology of work
  • Appendix II. Daniel Alexander Jones : an abbreviated chronology of work
  • Appendix III. Sharon Bridgforth : an abbreviated chronology of work.

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