Digging : the Afro-American soul of American classical music

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Label

Digging : the Afro-American soul of American classical music

Title remainder

the Afro-American soul of American classical music

Statement of responsibility

Amiri Baraka

Creator

• Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014

Subject

• Jazz -- History and criticism
• African American musicians
• Music -- History and criticism
• African Americans -- Music | History and criticism

Language

eng

Summary

Publisher description: For almost half a century, Amiri Baraka has ranked among the most important commentators on African American music and culture. In this brilliant assemblage of his writings on music, the first such collection in nearly twenty years, Baraka blends autobiography, history, musical analysis, and political commentary to recall the sounds, people, times, and places he's encountered. As in his earlier classics, Blues People and Black Music, Baraka offers essays on the famous--Max Roach, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane--and on those whose names are known mainly by jazz aficionados--Alan Shorter, Jon Jang, and Malachi Thompson. Baraka's literary style, with its deep roots in poetry, makes palpable his love and respect for his jazz musician friends. His energy and enthusiasm show us again how much Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and the others he lovingly considers mattered. He brings home to us how music itself matters, and how musicians carry and extend that knowledge from generation to generation, providing us, their listeners, with a sense of meaning and belonging

Member of

• Music of the African diaspora, 13

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

no index present

LC call number

ML3556

LC item number

.B17 2009

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

discographies

Series statement

Music of the African diaspora

Series volume

13