Jazz Books Reviews

Tag: african

History & Biography

What Is This Thing Called Jazz?: African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists (Music of the African Diaspora)

Post author By John Coltrane
Post date 2012-08-23

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Tags activists, african, american, artists, called, critics, diaspora, jazz, music, musicians, thing, this, what

History & Biography

Words and Songs of Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone: Sound Motion, Blues Spirit, and African Memory (Studies in African American History and Culture)

Post author By John Coltrane
Post date 2012-08-18

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Tags african, american, bessie, billie, blues, culture, history, holiday, memory, motion, nina, simone, smith, songs, sound, spirit, studies, words

History & Biography

Cultural Codes: Makings of a Black Music Philosophy (African American Cultural Theory and Heritage)

Post author By John Coltrane
Post date 2012-08-15

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Tags african, american, black, codes, cultural, heritage, makings, music, philosophy, theory

Latin Jazz

Riddim: Claves of African Origin

Post author By John Coltrane
Post date 2012-08-14

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Tags african, claves, origin, riddim

History & Biography

Miles and Me (George Gund Foundation Book in African American Studies)

Post author By John Coltrane
Post date 2012-08-10

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Tags african, american, book, foundation, george, gund, miles, studies

History & Biography

Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry (George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies)

Post author By John Coltrane
Post date 2012-07-28

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Tags african, american, autobiography, clark, foundation, george, gund, imprint, studies, terry

Drums

From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz (Music of the African Diaspora)

Post author By John Coltrane
Post date 2012-07-22

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Tags african, afrocuban, diaspora, from, jazz, latin, music, rhythms