Digging
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Digging

The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music

  1. 436 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Digging

The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music

About this book

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 famousā€”Max Roach, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltraneā€”and on those whose names are known mainly by jazz aficionadosā€”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.

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Information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780520257153
eBook ISBN
9780520943094
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Jazz Music

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. PART ONE: ESSAYS
  5. 1. Griot/Djali
  6. 2. Miles Later
  7. 3. The "Blues Aesthetic" and the "Black Aesthetic"
  8. 4. Blues People
  9. 5. Rhythm
  10. 6. The American Popular Song
  11. 7. Blues Line
  12. 8. Cosby and the Music
  13. 9. Nina Returns
  14. 10. Jazz Criticim and Its Effect on the Music
  15. 11. Not "the Boss"
  16. 12. Wynton Marsalis
  17. 13. "The International Business of Jazz" and the Need for the Cooperative and Collective Self-Development of an International People's Culture
  18. 14. Newark's "Coast" and the Hidden Legacy of Urban Culture
  19. 15. Black Music as a Force for Social Change
  20. 16. What You Mean, Du Wop?
  21. 17. Classic American Music
  22. 18. Singers and the Music
  23. 19. Newark's Influence on American Music
  24. 20. Ritual and Performance
  25. 21. Bopera Theory
  26. 22. "Jazz and the White Critic"
  27. 23. Random Notes on the Last Decade
  28. PART 2: GREAT MUSICIANS
  29. 24. Panthalassa
  30. 25. When Miles Split!
  31. 26. David Murray, Ming's Samba
  32. 27. David Murray, Fo Deuk Revue
  33. 28. David Murray, Addenda to a Concert
  34. 29. On Reissuing Trane
  35. 30. John Coltrane
  36. 31. Some Memories of Alan Shorter
  37. 32. High Art
  38. 33. Max Roach at the Iridium
  39. 34. Paris Max
  40. 35. The Great Max Roach
  41. 36. Billie Holiday
  42. 37. The High Priest of BeBop
  43. 38. Eric Dolphy
  44. 39. Jackie Mc
  45. 40. It Ain't about You
  46. 41. You Ever Hear Albert Ayler?
  47. 42. Albert's Will
  48. 43. Sassy Was Definitely Not the Avon Lady
  49. 44. Fred
  50. 45. Fred Hopkin's Memorial
  51. 46. Duke Ellington
  52. 47. Duke Was a Very Great Pianist
  53. 48. Blind Tom
  54. 49. Don Pullen Leaves Us
  55. 50. Black History Month Rediscovers "the Music" in New York City
  56. 51. Black History Month Rediscovers "the Music," Part 2
  57. 52. Wonderful Stevie
  58. 53. Abbey Lincoln
  59. 54. Four Tough Good-Byes
  60. PART 3: NOTES, REVIEWS, and OBSERVATIONS
  61. 55. Impulse Sampler, Act on Impulse
  62. 56. Ralph Peterson
  63. 57. Andrew Cyrille, Good to Go
  64. 58. Odean Pope Saxophone Choir, Epitome
  65. 59. Ravi Coltrane, Moving Pictures
  66. 60. Donal Fox and David Murray, Ugly Beauty
  67. 61. Tyrone Jefferson, Connections
  68. 62. James Moody
  69. 63. Barry Harris
  70. 64. Pharoah Sanders, Shukuru
  71. 65. Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet, Breakthrough
  72. 66. Von and Chico Freeman, Freeman and Freeman
  73. 67. Alan Shorter, Orgasm
  74. 68. The Work Man
  75. 69. Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory
  76. 70. Jimmy Scott, But Beautiful
  77. 71. Malachi Thompson, Talking Horns
  78. 72. The Nexus Orchestra, Seize the Time
  79. 73. Three Fresh Ticklers
  80. 74. Rodney Kendrick, Last Chance for Common Sense
  81. 75. Jazz Times Review, Multiple Artists
  82. 76. More Young Bloods to the Rescue!
  83. 77. Vijay Iyer, Memorophilia
  84. 78. TriFactor, If You Believe
  85. 79. Live Lessons
  86. 80. New York Art Quintet
  87. 81. Peter Brotzmann, Nipples, and Joe McPhee, Nation Time
  88. 82. Jon Jang and David Murray, River of Life
  89. 83. Trio Three, Encounter
  90. 84. Jackie Mc-Coming and Going