What Is This Thing Called Jazz?: African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists (Music of the African Diaspora) PDF
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ROTH FAMILY FOUNDATION Music in America Imprint Michael P.Roth and Sukey Garcetti have endowed this imprint to honor the memory of their parents, Julia and Harry Roth, whose deep love of music they wish to share with others. The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution to this book provided by Sukey and Gil Garcetti,Michael P. Roth, and the Roth Family Foundation. What Is This Thing Called Jazz? MUSIC OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA Edited by Samuel A. Floyd Jr. 1 California Soul: Music of African Americans in the West,edited by Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje and Eddie S. Meadows 2 William Grant Still: A Study in Contradictions, by Catherine Smith 3 Jazz on the Road: Don Albert’s Musical Life, by Christopher Wilkinson 4 Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story between the Great Wars,by William A. Shack 5 Dead Man Blues: Jelly Roll Morton Way Out West,by Phil Pastras 6 What Is This Thing Called Jazz? African American Musicians as Artists,Critics,and Activists,by Eric Porter What Is This Thing Called Jazz? African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists ERIC PORTER UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY LOS ANGELES LONDON University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 2002 by the Regents of the University of California Part of chapter 2 was first published as “‘Dizzy Atmos- phere’: The Challenge of Bebop,” in American Music17, no. 4 (Winter 1999): 422–446. For acknowledgments of permissions, please see page xi. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Porter, Eric (Eric C.) What is this thing called jazz? : African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists / Eric Porter. p. cm.— (Music of the African diaspora ; 6) Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: A marvel of paradox : jazz and African American modernity—Dizzy atmosphere : the chal- lenge of bebop—Passions of a man : the poetics and politics of Charles Mingus—Straight ahead : Abbey Lincoln and the challenge of jazz singing—Practicing “creative music” : the black arts imperative in the jazz community—Writing “creative music” : theorizing the art and politics of improvisation—The majesty of the blues : Wynton Marsalis’s jazz canon. ISBN 0-520-21872-8 (cloth : alk. paper)— ISBN 0-520-23296-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Jazz—History and criticism. 2. African American jazz musicians. I. Title. II. Series. ML3508 .P67 2002 781.65'089'96073—dc21 2001044408 CIP Manufactured in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper).8 For Cat and my parents Contents Plates / follow page 200 Acknowledgments / ix Introduction / xiii 1 “A Marvel of Paradox” JAZZ AND AFRICAN AMERICAN MODERNITY / 1 2 “Dizzy Atmosphere” THE CHALLENGE OF BEBOP / 54 3 “Passions of a Man” THE POETICS AND POLITICS OF CHARLES MINGUS / 101 4 “Straight Ahead” ABBEY LINCOLN AND THE CHALLENGE OF JAZZ SINGING / 149 5 Practicing “Creative Music” THE BLACK ARTS IMPERATIVE IN THE JAZZ COMMUNITY / 191 6 Writing “Creative Music” THEORIZING THE ART AND POLITICS OF IMPROVISATION / 240 7 “The Majesty of the Blues” WYNTON MARSALIS’S JAZZ CANON / 287 Epilogue / 335 Notes / 337 Index / 383
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