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What is this thing called jazz?

by Porter, Eric
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Music of the African diaspora ; . 6 Published by : University of California Press, (Berkeley, Calif. :) Physical details: xxi, 404 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Jazz -- History and criticism. | African American jazz musicians. | African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. | Electronic books.
Year: 2002
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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.

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