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Zusatztext “There is much to recommend in this excellent volume of essays.” Informationen zum Autor Amiri Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones) is a writer and critic, the poet laureate of New Jersey, and Professor Emeritus of the State University of New York, Stony Brook. His many books include Blues People, Black Music, and The Music. Klappentext "As a commentator on American music, and African American music in particular, Baraka occupies a unique niche. His intelligence, critical sense, passion, strong political stances, involvement with musicians and in the musical world, as well as in his community, give his work a quality unlike any other. As a reviewer and as someone inside the movement, he writes powerfully about music as few others can or do."--Steven L. Isoardi, author of Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz in Los Angeles "Every jazz musician who has endured beyond changing fashions and warring cultures has had a signature sound. Amiri Baraka--from the very beginning of his challenging, fiery presence on the jazz scene--has brought probing light, between his off-putting thunderclaps, on what is indeed America's classical music. I sometimes disagree insistently with Amiri, and it's mutual; but when he gets past his parochial pyrotechnics, as in choruses in this book, he brings you into the life force of this music."--Nat Hentoff, author of The Jazz Life Zusammenfassung For almost half a century, Amiri Baraka has ranked among the most important commentators on African American music and culture. Assembling his writings on music, this title combines autobiography, history, musical analysis, and political commentary to recall the sounds, people, times, and places he's encountered. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part One: Essays 1. Griot/Djali: Poetry! Music! History! Message 2. Miles Later 3. The "Blues Aesthetic" and the "Black Aesthetic": Aesthetics as the Continuing Political History of a Culture 4. Blues People: Looking Both Ways 5. Rhythm 6. The American Popular Song: "The Great American Song Book" 7. Blues Line 8. Cosby and the Music 9. Nina Returns 10. Jazz Criticism and Its Effect on the Music 11. Not "the Boss": Bruce Springsteen 12. Wynton Marsalis: Black Codes (from the Underground) 13. "The International Business of Jazz" and the Need for the Cooperative and Collective Self-Development of an International People's Culture 14. Newark's' "Coast" and the Hidden Legacy of Urban Culture 15. Black Music as a Force for Social Change 16. What You Mean! DuWop? 17. Classical American Music 18. Singers and the Music (A Theater Piece) 19. Newark's Influence on American Music 20. Black Music in Newark: A Proposal 21. Bopera Theory 22. "Jazz and the White Critic": Thirty Years Later 23. Random Notes on the Last Decade Part Two: Great Musicians 24. Panthalassa: Miles Davis 25. When Miles Split! 26. David Murray! Ming's Samba 27. David Murray! Fo Deuk Revue 28. David Murray! Addenda to a Concert 29. On Reissuing Trane 30. John Coltrane: Why His Legacy Continues 31. Some Memories of Alan Shorter: Interview with Wayne Shorter 32. High Art: Art Tatum 33. Max Roach at the Iridium 34. Paris Max 35. The Great Max Roach 36. Billie Holiday 37. The High Priest of Be Bop 38. Eric Dolphy: A Note 39. Jackie Mc 40. It Ain't about You 41. You Ever Hear Albert Ayler? 42. Albert's Will 43. Sassy Was Definitely Not the Avon Lady 44. Fred 45. Fred Hopkins's Memorial 46. Duke Ellington: The Music's "Great Spirit" 47. Duke Was a Very Great Pianist! 48. Blind Tom: The Continuity of Americana 49. Don Pullen Leaves Us 50. Blac...
