What is this thing called jazz?
Porter, Eric
What is this thing called jazz? African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists / [electronic resource] : Eric Porter. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2002. - xxi, 404 p. : ill. - Music of the African diaspora ; 6 . - Music of the African diaspora ; 6. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-382) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Jazz--History and criticism.
African American jazz musicians.
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
Electronic books.
ML3508 / .P67 2002eb
781.65/089/96073
What is this thing called jazz? African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists / [electronic resource] : Eric Porter. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2002. - xxi, 404 p. : ill. - Music of the African diaspora ; 6 . - Music of the African diaspora ; 6. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-382) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Jazz--History and criticism.
African American jazz musicians.
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
Electronic books.
ML3508 / .P67 2002eb
781.65/089/96073