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What is this thing called jazz? : African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists

Author: Eric Porter
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2002.
Series: Music of the African diaspora, 6.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Eric Porter
ISBN: 0520218728 9780520218727 0520232968 9780520232969
OCLC Number: 48153567
Description: xxi, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
Series Title: Music of the African diaspora, 6.
Responsibility: Eric Porter.
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