What is this thing called jazz? [electronic resource] : African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists / Eric Porter.
By: Porter, Eric (Eric C.)
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Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Music of the African diaspora: 6.Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2002Description: xxi, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Jazz -- History and criticism | African American jazz musicians | African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 781.65/089/96073 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.