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Jazz In Black And White
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Author : Charley Gerard
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2001-07-30
Jazz In Black And White written by Charley Gerard and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07-30 with Music categories.
Is jazz a universal idiom or is it an African-American art form? The author, himself a jazz composer, performer and author of several books on jazz and Latin music, sets out to encourage jazz-lovers to take a rhetoric-free look at the charged issue of race as it has affected the world of jazz.
Jazz In Black And White
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Author : Charley Gerard
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1998-03-30
Jazz In Black And White written by Charley Gerard and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-03-30 with Music categories.
Is jazz a universal idiom or is it an African-American art form? Although whites have been playing jazz almost since it first developed, the history of jazz has been forged by a series of African-American artists whose styles caught the interest of their musical generation—masters such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and Charlie Parker. Whether or not white musicians deserve their secondary status in jazz history, one thing is clear: developments in jazz have been a result of black people's search for a meaningful identity as Americans and members of the African diaspora. Blacks are not alone in being deeply affected by these shifts in African-American racial attitudes and cultural strategies. Historically in closer contact with blacks than nearly any other group of white Americans, white jazz musicians have also felt these shifts. More importantly, their careers and musical interests have been deeply affected by them. The author, an active participant in the jazz world as composer, performer, and author of several books on jazz and Latin music, hopes that this book will encourage jazz lovers to take a rhetoric-free look at the charged issue of race as has affected the world of jazz. A work about the formulation of identity in the face of racial difference, the book considers topics such as the promotion of black Southern culture and inner-city styles like rhythm and blues and rap as a means of achieving black racial solidarity. It discusses the body of music fostered by an identification to Africa, the conversion of black jazz musicians to Islam and other Eastern religions, and the impact of a jazz community united by heroin use. White jazz musicians who identify with black culture in an unsettling form by speaking black dialect and calling themselves African-American is examined, as is the assimilation of jazz into the wider American culture.
Jazz In Black And White
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Author : Douglas Stallard Enefer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
Jazz In Black And White written by Douglas Stallard Enefer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with Jazz categories.
Cats Of Any Color
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Author : Gene Lees
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1995-12-21
Cats Of Any Color written by Gene Lees and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-12-21 with Music categories.
It was none other than Louis Armstrong who said, "These people who make the restrictions, they don't know nothing about music. It's no crime for cats of any color to get together and blow." "You can't know what it means to be black in the United States--in any field," Dizzy Gillespie once said, but Gillespie vigorously objected to the proposition that only black people could play jazz. "If you accept that premise, well then what you're saying is that maybe black people can only play jazz. And black people, like anyone else, can be anything they want to be." In Cats of Any Color, Gene Lees, the acclaimed author of three previous collections of essays on jazz and popular music, takes a long overdue look at the shocking pervasiveness of racism in jazz's past and present--both the white racism that long ghettoized the music and generations of talented black musicians, and what Lees maintains is an increasingly virulent reverse racism aimed at white jazz musicians. In candid interviews, living jazz legends, critics, and composers step forward and share their thoughts on how racism has affected their lives. Dave Brubeck, part Modoc Indian, discusses native Americans' contribution to jazz and the deeply ingrained racism that for a time made it all but impossible for jazz groups with black and white players to book tours and television appearances. Horace Silver looks back on his long career, including the first time he ever heard jazz played live. Blacks were not not allowed into the pavilion in Connecticut where Jimmie Lunceford's band was performing, so the ten-year-old Silver listened and watched through the wooden slats surrounding the pavilion. "And oh man! That was it!" Silver recalls. Red Rodney recalls his early days with Charlie "Bird" Parker, and pianist and composer Cedar Walton tells of the time Duke Ellington played at the army base at Ford Dix and allowed the young enlisted Walton to sit in. Tracing the jazz world's shifting attitude towards race, many of the stories Lees tells are inspiring--Brubeck cancelling 23 out of 25 concert dates in the South rather than replace black bass player Eugene Wright, or Silver insisting that while he strives to provide his fellow black musicians opportunities, "I just want the best musicans I can get. I don't give a damn if they're pink or polka dot." Others are profoundly disturbing--Lees' first encounter with Oscar Peterson, after a Canadian barber flatly refused to cut Peterson's hair, or Wynton Marsalis on television claiming that blacks have been held back for so many years because the music business is controlled by "people who read the Torah and stuff." From the old shantytowns of Louisville, to the streets of South Central L.A., to the up-to-the-minute controversies surrounding Marsalis's jazz program at Lincoln Center, and the Jazz Masters awards given by the NEA, Cats of Any Color confronts racism head-on. At its heart is a passionate plea to recognize jazz not as the sole property of any one group, but as an art form celebrating the human spirit--not just for the protection of individual musicians, but for the preservation of the music itself.
Black Music White Business
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Author : Frank Kofsky
language : en
Publisher: Pathfinder Press (NY)
Release Date : 1998
Black Music White Business written by Frank Kofsky and has been published by Pathfinder Press (NY) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with African American musicians categories.
Probes the principal contradiction in the jazz world: that between black artistry on the one hand and white ownership of the means of jazz distribution -- the recording companies, booking agencies, festivals, nightclubs, and magazines -- on the other.
Music Black White Blue
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Author : Ortiz Walton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Music Black White Blue written by Ortiz Walton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with African Americans categories.
Blue Notes In Black And White
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Author : Benjamin Cawthra
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2013-11-20
Blue Notes In Black And White written by Benjamin Cawthra and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-20 with Music categories.
Miles Davis, supremely cool behind his shades. Billie Holiday, eyes closed and head tilted back in full cry. John Coltrane, one hand behind his neck and a finger held pensively to his lips. These iconic images have captivated jazz fans nearly as much as the music has. Jazz photographs are visual landmarks in American history, acting as both a reflection and a vital part of African American culture in a time of immense upheaval, conflict, and celebration. Charting the development of jazz photography from the swing era of the 1930s to the rise of black nationalism in the ’60s, Blue Notes in Black and White is the first of its kind: a fascinating account of the partnership between two of the twentieth century’s most innovative art forms. Benjamin Cawthra introduces us to the great jazz photographers—including Gjon Mili, William Gottlieb, Herman Leonard, Francis Wolff, Roy DeCarava, and William Claxton—and their struggles, hustles, styles, and creative visions. We also meet their legendary subjects, such as Duke Ellington, sweating through a late-night jam session for the troops during World War II, and Dizzy Gillespie, stylish in beret, glasses, and goatee. Cawthra shows us the connections between the photographers, art directors, editors, and record producers who crafted a look for jazz that would sell magazines and albums. And on the other side of the lens, he explores how the musicians shaped their public images to further their own financial and political goals. This mixture of art, commerce, and racial politics resulted in a rich visual legacy that is vividly on display in Blue Notes in Black and White. Beyond illuminating the aesthetic power of these images, Cawthra ultimately shows how jazz and its imagery served a crucial function in the struggle for civil rights, making African Americans proudly, powerfully visible.
Black Beauty White Heat
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Author : Frank Driggs
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Release Date : 1996-03-21
Black Beauty White Heat written by Frank Driggs and has been published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-03-21 with Music categories.
Reprint (with the omission of the color insert) of a work published in New York in 1982. Photos of musicians, record labels, and promotional flyers and posters are accompanied by lively and affectionate explanatory text. An exuberant reference, dense with both visual and textual information. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Jazz In Black White
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Author : Duncan P. Schiedt
language : en
Publisher: Quarry Books
Release Date : 2004
Jazz In Black White written by Duncan P. Schiedt and has been published by Quarry Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Music categories.
Eighty black and white photographs of jazz musicians dating from the 1950s to the present are accompanied by a brief biography of the musician and personal anecdotal memories by the photographer.
The Color Of Jazz Race And Representation In Postwar American Culture
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Author : Jon Seebart Panish
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 1995
The Color Of Jazz Race And Representation In Postwar American Culture written by Jon Seebart Panish and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.