- Paperback: 571 pages
- Publisher: Third World Press (May 1, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 088378226X
- ISBN-13: 978-0883782262
An Africa-centered framework unifies these essays about misconceptions
in standard accounts of the evolution of black music. Topics are
cross-disciplinary and include Africa and the African diaspora, American
black popular music, black consciousness and art, black message music,
and the future of rap. Also included are poems by Nicole Sealey and
Sandra Turner-Barnes; personal narratives by gospel music scholar James
E. Adams and blues musician Byard Lancaster; and interviews with
Katherine DeChavis, Kenny Gamble, Wynton Marsalis, Trudy Pitts, Shirley
Scott, Ira Tucker, and McCoy Tyner. Rare archival photographs of musical
pioneers complete this collection that leads to a deeper understanding
and appreciation of the rich traditions of black music.
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