Cats of Any Color : Jazz, Black and White

Informationen zum Autor Gene Lees , three-time winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor award, is the author of several books and his widely acclaimed Jazzletter . He lives in Ojai, California. Klappentext Lees is the glowing jewel of jazz for his understanding of it (and) for his writing about it.-Dizzy Gillespie Zusammenfassung In a series of candid interviews with jazz players, composers, and critics, Gene Lees explores racism in the past and present of jazz?both the white racism that for decades ghettoized black musicians and their music, and the prejudice that Lees documents of some black musicians against their white counterparts. With subjects ranging from Horace Silver to Dave Brubeck to Red Rodney, and a new introduction analyzing recent developments, Cats of Any Color chronicles jazz as a multiethnic art.

Product details

• Authors: Gene Lees, Lees Gene
• Publisher: Dacapo
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.02.2001
• EAN: 9780306809507
• ISBN: 978-0-306-80950-7
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 210 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Popular Music, Individual actors and performers, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General