| Description |
vii, 256 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Toward an Afrocentric approach to the study of jazz and rap music. Metatheory and methodology: appraising the Black experience / James L. Conyers, Jr. ; The role of criticism in Black popular culture / Warren C. Swindell -- pt. 2. "All that jazz": history, culture, performers, instruments, and political functionality. "And all that jazz" has African roots! / Learthen Dorsey ; Jazz antecedents / Eddie S. Meadows ; The life and jazz style of Blue Mitchell / Charles I. Miller ; Jazz guitar: ain't no jazz / George Walker and Mondo Eyen we Langa ; The social roots of African American music: 1950-1970 / Thomas J. Porter ; Jazz musicians in postwar Europe and Japan / Larry Ross -- pt. 3. Jazz expressions in dance and literature. African American dance and music / Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. ; Lady sings the blues: Toni Morrison and the jazz/blues aesthetic / Gloria T. Randle ; Al Young: jazz griot / Michael Carroll -- pt. 4. Rap music as art form, social-political commentary, and economic commodity. The rhythm of rhyme: a look at rap music as an art form from a jazz perspective / Reginald Thomas ; At the vanguard: African American life as seen through the music of selected rap and jazz artists / Andrew P. Smallwood ; Africana cosmology, ethos, and rap: a social study of Black popular culture / James L. Conyers, Jr. -- pt. 5. Toward the future: educating future generations and preserving cultural traditions. Can you sing jazz? perception and appreciation of jazz music among African American young adults / Nancy J. Dawson ; Hip-hop and the rap music industry / Tshombe Walker ; Ethnomusicology and the African American tradition / George L. Starks, Jr. ; Reflections on Sterling Stuckey's Slave culture: understanding Pan Afrikan Nationalism as a cultural force / Ahati N.N. Touré. |
| Subject |
Jazz -- History and criticism.
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Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.
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African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
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African Americans -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Rap.
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Jazz.
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United States.
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African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
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African Americans -- Social life and customs.
(OCoLC)fst00799703
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Jazz. (OCoLC)fst00982165
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Rap (Music) (OCoLC)fst01089951
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Music. (OCoLC)fst01423855
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| Added Author |
Conyers, James L., Jr.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: African American jazz and rap. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2001 (OCoLC)606480553 |
| ISBN |
0786408286 softcover alkaline paper |
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9780786408283 softcover alkaline paper |
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