A collection of essays and interviews on 1960s jazz musicians like John Coltrane and Miles Davis, exploring their brilliance and cultural impact.
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A collection of essays and interviews on 1960s jazz musicians like John Coltrane and Miles Davis, exploring their brilliance and cultural impact.
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Black Music is an audiobook about the brilliant young jazz musicians of the early 1960s: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, and others. It is composed of essays, reviews, interviews, liner notes, musical analyses, and personal impressions from 1959-1967. Also includes Amiri Baraka's reflections in a 2009 interview with Calvin Reid of Publishers Weekly. LeRoi Jones (now known as Amiri Baraka) is the author of numerous books of poetry,...
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will contain mild spoilers
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Possible minor references to alcohol or drug use in jazz culture context.
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Moderate focus on cultural and social issues in African American music history.
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Minor references to systemic racism and struggles in jazz community.
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