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What is this thing called jazz? [electronic resource] : African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists / Eric Porter.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Music of the African diaspora ; 6.Publication details: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2002.Description: xxi, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 781.65/089/96073 21
LOC classification:
  • ML3508 .P67 2002eb
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-382) and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.