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Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music
Amiri Baraka
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Description for Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music
Paperback. For almost half a century, Amiri Baraka has ranked among the most important commentators on African American music and culture. Assembling his writings on music, this title combines autobiography, history, musical analysis, and political commentary to recall the sounds, people, times, and places he's encountered. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 426 pages, 25 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 668.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
426
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Music of the African Diaspora
Condition
New
Weight
667g
Number of Pages
426
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520265820
SKU
V9780520265820
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About Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones) is a writer and critic, the poet laureate of New Jersey, and Professor Emeritus of the State University of New York, Stony Brook. His many books include Blues People, Black Music, and The Music.
Reviews for Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music
"A major contribution to both African American literature and American music criticism." African American Review "Meditations on black music, primarily jazz, that American classical music, that will satisfy anyone who desires intelligent thought on the genre."
Colin Cooper Beat Scene Magazine "As lively and compelling as his strongest work of the past."
Richard Meltzer The Oregonian "There is ... Read more
Colin Cooper Beat Scene Magazine "As lively and compelling as his strongest work of the past."
Richard Meltzer The Oregonian "There is ... Read more