Representing Black Music Culture - Then, Now, and When Again?

In this collection of essays, interviews, and profiles, William Banfield reflects on his life as a musician and educator, weaving together pieces of cultural criticism that pay homage to artists who have created and sustained Black music for more than 40 years.

About the author

William C. Banfield is professor of Africana Studies/Music and Society at Berklee College of Music. A composer, jazz guitarist, and recording artist, he has been hired by the Quincy Jones Foundation to head up a national team to write a new American Popular Music national curriculum. He is the author of Musical Landscapes in Color: Conversations with Black American Composers (Scarecrow, 2003), Black Notes: Essays of a Musician Writing in a Post-Album Age (Scarecrow, 2004), and Cultural Codes: Makings of a Black Music Philosophy (Scarecrow, 2010).

Summary

In this collection of essays, interviews, and profiles, William Banfield reflects on his life as a musician and educator, weaving together pieces of cultural criticism that pay homage to artists who have created and sustained Black music for more than 40 years.

Product details

• Authors: Bill Banfield, William Banfield, William C. Banfield
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.10.2011
• EAN: 9780810877863
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-7786-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: African American Cultural Theory and Heritage; African American Cultural Theo; African American Cultural Theo; African American Cultural Theory and Heritage
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories