The Resource What is this thing called jazz? : African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists, Eric Porter
What is this thing called jazz? : African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists, Eric Porter
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- Summary
- Despite the plethora of writing about jazz, little attention has been paid to what musicians themselves wrote and said about their practice. An implicit division of labor has emerged where, for the most part, black artists invent and play music while white writers provide the commentary. Eric Porter overturns this tendency in his creative intellectual history of African American musicians. He foregrounds the often-ignored ideas of these artists, analyzing them in the context of meanings circulating around jazz, as well as in relationship to broader currents in African American thought.<b
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 404 pages)
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781597349970
- Label
- What is this thing called jazz? : African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists
- Title
- What is this thing called jazz?
- Title remainder
- African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists
- Statement of responsibility
- Eric Porter
- Subject
-
- 1900-1999
- African American jazz musicians
- African American jazz musicians
- African Americans -- Intellectual life
- African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Jazz
- Jazz
- Jazz
- Jazz -- Histoire et critique
- Jazz -- History and criticism
- MUSIC -- Genres & Styles | Jazz
- Musiciens de jazz noirs américains
- Noirs américains -- Vie intellectuelle -- 20e siècle
- USA
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Despite the plethora of writing about jazz, little attention has been paid to what musicians themselves wrote and said about their practice. An implicit division of labor has emerged where, for the most part, black artists invent and play music while white writers provide the commentary. Eric Porter overturns this tendency in his creative intellectual history of African American musicians. He foregrounds the often-ignored ideas of these artists, analyzing them in the context of meanings circulating around jazz, as well as in relationship to broader currents in African American thought.<b
- Action
- Self-Renewing
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Porter, Eric
- Dewey number
- 781.65/089/96073
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- ML3508
- LC item number
- .P67 2002eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Music of the African diaspora
- Series volume
- 6
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Jazz
- African American jazz musicians
- African Americans
- Jazz
- Musiciens de jazz noirs américains
- Noirs américains
- MUSIC
- African American jazz musicians
- African Americans
- Jazz
- Jazz
- Jazz
- USA
- Label
- What is this thing called jazz? : African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists, Eric Porter
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-382) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 54663323
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 404 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781597349970
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- ebl223040
- 22573/cttt0wm1
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)54663323
- Label
- What is this thing called jazz? : African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists, Eric Porter
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-382) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 54663323
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 404 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781597349970
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- ebl223040
- 22573/cttt0wm1
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)54663323
Subject
- 1900-1999
- African American jazz musicians
- African American jazz musicians
- African Americans -- Intellectual life
- African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Jazz
- Jazz
- Jazz
- Jazz -- Histoire et critique
- Jazz -- History and criticism
- MUSIC -- Genres & Styles | Jazz
- Musiciens de jazz noirs américains
- Noirs américains -- Vie intellectuelle -- 20e siècle
- USA
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