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Books on: african american musician

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What Is This Thing Called Jazz? African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists

Book by Eric Porter; University of California Press, 2002

Subjects:

African American Jazz Musicians, African Americans--Intellectual Life--20th Century, Jazz--History And Criticism

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...his experiences as an African American musician. Mingus pursued his...serious, young black musicians took pleasure in artistic...an allegiance to an African American tradition...Latin dance music. African American musicians...
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Black Orpheus: Music in African American Fiction from the Harlem Renaissance to Toni Morrison

Book by Saadi A. Simawe; Garland, 2000

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African American Musicians In Literature, African Americans In Literature, African Americans--Intellectual Life--20th Century, African Americans--Music, American Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Fiction--African American Authors--History And Criticism, Music And Literature--History--20th Century, Music In Literature, Musical Fiction--History And Criticism

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...escape from his African American culture by a assuming...he has to be a musician, it would be...attitude to African American music reveals...here are trained musicians or musicologists...work by African American music, declares...music, which Americans are able to admire...the first by a musician and musicologist...
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A Power Stronger Than Itself: The Aacm and American Experimental Music

Book by George E. Lewis; University of Chicago Press, 2008

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African American Jazz Musicians--Illinois--Chicago, Association For The Advancement Of Creative Musicians--History, Avant-Garde (Music)--United States--20th Century--History And Criticism, Jazz--History And Criticism

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...name, to be given each year to a young, talented, African American musician. 125 The deaths of Christopher Gaddy and Charles...Art Ensemble of Chicago. 126 In an interview with musician, activist, and writer Lincoln Chicago Beau Beauchamp...
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The Negro Genius: A New Appraisal of the Achievement of the American Negro in Literature and the Fine Arts

Book by Benjamin Brawley; Biblio and Tannen Publishers, 1966

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African American Artists, African American Musicians, African Americans--In Art, African Americans--In Literature, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Berwick: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Musician: His Life and Letters . Cassell Co...A.: A Bibliographical Checklist of American Negro Poetry . New York, 1916. Talley...Clinton editors : An Anthology of Verse by American Negroes . Duke University Press, Durham...
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Fascinating Rhythm: Reading Jazz in American Writing

Book by David Yaffe; Princeton University Press, 2006

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African American Musicians In Literature, American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, Ellison, Ralph--Knowledge--Jazz, Jazz In Literature, Jazz Musicians In Literature, Jazz Musicians--Biography--History And Criticism, Music And Literature--History--20th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Nielson, Aldon Lynn. Black Chant: Languages of African-American Postmodernism . New York: Cambridge University...Porter, Eric. What Is This Thing Called Jazz?: African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists . Berkeley...

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Journal Articles on: african american musician

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Black Musicians from Slavery to Freedom: An Exploration of an African-American Folk Elite and Cultural Continuity in the Nineteenth-Century Rural South

Journal article by Paul A. Cimbala; The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 80, 1995

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African American entertainers--History, African American musicians--History, African Americans--Folklore, legends, etc.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...exploration of an African-American...African-American community...instrument. But musicians remained at...other blues musicians continued...the job of musician was a menial...for African Americans to come together...role of the musician. Gifted bondsmen...treatments of African-American music, Eileen...Music of Black Americans: A History...importance of black musicians but their...
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The Songs of Blind Folk: African American Musicians and the Culture of Blindness

Journal article by L.H. Stallings; MELUS, Vol. 35, 2010

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Books--Book reviews, The Songs of Blind Folk: African American Musicians and the Culture of Blindness (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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...Songs of Blind Folk: African American Musicians...over. While those musicians clearly impacted the...examining African American artists and their...few works in African American literary studies to...mission of African American Studies has been fraught...scholarship about African Americans with disabilities...notable black blind musician, a slave and piano...
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Paying Their Dues: Buffalo's African American Musicians Union, Local 533, A.f.m

Journal article by Richard McRae; Afro - Americans in New York Life and History, Vol. 20, 1996

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African Americans, Black culture, Blacks, Culture, Industry, Labor unions, Minority & ethnic groups, Music industry, Organizations

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...Buffalos African American Musicians...Federation of Musicians, International Musician. On the Sunday...statements that African-American musicians were denied...as a young musician, recently...between these musicians and Local...
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Directory of African-Appalachian Musicians

Journal article by Bob Eagle; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 24, 2004

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African American musicians--History, African American musicians--Performances, Sound recordings

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...students of African-American music. The state was...Virginia banned the African slave trade in 1778...It is logical that musicians from Virginia would...origin of free colored Americans are shown. In 1860...from the state, its African-American population by 1910...
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African and African-american Musicians Seeking Progress at a Century of Progress

Journal article by Marian M. Ohman; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 102, 2009

Collections: History, Entire Library

...African-american Musicians Seeking Progress...generation of African Americans born in the late...arts. African Americans, too, perceived...1 One African American, Chicago Defender...another African American, Jesse Binga...but not African Americans. They had expressed...villages. One African concession displayed...featured talented Africans who presented...

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Magazine Articles on: african american musician

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Ode to John Coltrane: A Jazz Musician's Influence on African American Culture

Magazine article by Gerald Early; The Antioch Review, Vol. 57, Summer 1999

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Coltrane, John--Criticism and interpretation, Jazz music--Personalities, Jazz musicians--Criticism and interpretation, Jazz--Personalities

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...A Jazz Musicians Influence on African American Culture...flamboyant jazz musician as Dizzy...other jazz musician in that school...talents of the musicians around him...several jazz musicians, black and...noted jazz musician since Bechet...
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Gilden Translates West African Tradition for American Listeners

Magazine article; International Musician, Vol. 108, October 2010

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...Translates West African Tradition for American Listeners Renowned...presence of music and musicians in the home, where...says Gilden. One musician in particular...exposed to killer musicians," says Gilden...intimidated many talented musicians. "They never...grounded, scholarly musician with a strong music...
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Image Awards Celebrate African American Excellence

Magazine article by Saharra White; The Crisis, Vol. 115, Spring 2008

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African Americans, Awards & honors, Franklin, Aretha, Musicians & conductors, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Presidential elections, Television programs

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...Awards Celebrate African American Excellence by Saharra...achievements of African Americans in television, music...featuring Native American, Asian, African, Brazilian and Hispanic...include legendary musician Prince and directors...
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Eric Clarke & the Pioneer Generation: Clayton Goodwin on the Potentially "Star" Musician Who Refused to Be a Star and to Whom, Even Today, All the Big Names of the UK Music Industry Defer. Eighty-Year-Old Eric Clarke Personifies a Generation That Was, in Itself, a "Star" and That Does Not Deserve to Be Forgotten

Magazine article; New African, January 2009

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Black musicians--Biography, Clarke, Eric--Biography, Musicians, Black--Biography

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...Potentially "Star" Musician Who Refused to Be a...respected by those musicians whom we, ourselves...whereas other, inferior musicians are remembered...encyclopaedia of Jamaican (and African-American) music. Follow Eric...another once celebrated musician or singer who has passed...
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Annotated Bibliography on Musician Wellness

Magazine article by Linda Cockey, Kathryn Kalmanson; American Music Teacher, Vol. 54, June 2005

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Musicians--Bibliography, Musicians--Health aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...freelancing, gigs, musician unions, marketing...information. Audience: all musicians Bernstein, Seymour...performing career as a musician, as well as the importance...career alternatives to musicians who may be frustrated...phonological system of American English. Chapter Two...reviewed, including African-American English...

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Newspaper Articles on: african american musician

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Culture: Hugh on the Horn of a Dilemma; for More Than 30 Years the Career of Exiled South African Musician Hugh Masekela Was Strongly Identified with the Struggle against Apartheid. Ahead of His Concert at Symphony Hall Tomorrow Night, He Talks to Terry Grimley about His Musical Aspirations for a Democratic Africa

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 15, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Career of Exiled South African Musician Hugh Masekela Was Strongly...Theyre very efficient musicians, and the synergy was...to stay close to his African roots, and from the...the entire history of American jazz trumpet. But Masekela...grown up with South African dance bands at a time...
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Musicians Come to the Aid of African Mission Work

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), June 23, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Musicians Come to the Aid of African Mission Work. Byline...string of Christian musicians from Eugene to make...has been compared to American folk legends Joan Baez...Cozmic Pizza The five musicians of Organic Flood, who...
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Do They Know How Much They Changed the World? Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, a Group of Musicians Answered Bob Geldof's Call to Record a Single in Support of Africans Hit by Famine. They Wanted to Change the World and They Did - but Perhaps Not in the Way They Expected, as David Williamson Reports

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 25, 2009

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Duran Duran (Music group), Geldof, Bob, Pop singers

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...Today, a Group of Musicians Answered Bob Geldofs...Single in Support of Africans Hit by Famine. They...zeitgeist-sparkling musicians crammed into a studio...for compassion. The musicians were engaged in a thoroughly...would be imitated by American celebrities and be...images of starving African children on television...
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'More Beautiful Together'; Christian Musician Sees Harmony in Cultural Diversity

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 5, 2007

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Multiculturalism, Musicians, Recording industry, Sound recording industry, Sound recordings

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Together; Christian Musician Sees Harmony in Cultural...two Caucasians, one African-American. I began to see that...Asian, African-American, Caucasian, Jewish...Im not African-American, but theres definitely...walking with African-Americans that grew up with black...
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Jazzy Array of Star Musicians

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 23, 2005

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Musicians

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Jazzy Array of Star Musicians. Byline: Stefan Sullivan, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES...composition prize, its safe to say that jazz, with all its African-American roots, remains Americas most uncontroversial, unassailable...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: african american musician

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Jones, Quincy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

JONES, QUINCY (Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.), 1933 , African-American musician, composer, bandleader, and music executive, b. Chicago. Jones played trumpet and sang gospel growing up, and studied briefly...
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Charles, Ray

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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CHARLES, RAY (Ray Charles Robinson), 1930 2004, African-American musician and composer, b. Albany, Ga. Blinded at age seven, he was raised in Florida and at 16 began singing in a local hillbilly group...
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Cole, Nat "King"

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...COLE, NAT "KING" 1919 65, American musician and composer, b. Montgomery...He was one of the first African-American artists to star in a radio show...in 1956 he became the first African American to host a network television...
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Dorsey, Thomas Andrew

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ANDREW dor se, 1899 1993, American gospel musician, b. Villa Rica, Ga. He...role in the development of African-American gospel music . In his over...the blues with traditional African-American religious music...
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Burlin, Natalie Curtis

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...rlin , 1875 1921, American writer and musician, b. New York...efforts that Native American music was encouraged...and other Native American groups, recording...fidelity. Songs of African tribes and African Americans are also included...

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