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Informationen zum Autor LeRoi Jones , later known as Amiri Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, essays, fiction and criticism. Known for his involvement in the Beat movement and the Black Arts movement, his writing forms some of the defining texts for African-American culture. He served as Poet Laureate for New Jersey and was awarded numerous awards including a PEN award and the Langston Hughes Award. He received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts, and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Klappentext In this essential and impassioned text, LeRoi Jones traces the intertwined development of blues and jazz music with the history of its creators in 'White America'. As important and relevant as at its first publication in 1963, it shows how music and its people are inseparable - expressing and reflecting the other, surviving and adapting through oppression. Vorwort A rousing exploration of the blues and jazz music that formed much of American popular music culture, penned by the iconic Beat writer and critic Zusammenfassung A rousing exploration of the blues and jazz music that formed much of American popular music culture, penned by the iconic Beat writer and critic
