Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music

Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music (Music of the African Diaspora Book 13)

For almost half a century, Amiri Baraka has ranked among the most important commentators on African American music and culture. In this brilliant assemblage of his writings on music, the first such collection in nearly twenty years, Baraka blends autobiography, history, musical analysis, and political commentary to recall the sounds, people, times, and places he's encountered. As in his earlier classics, Blues People and Black Music, Baraka offers essays on the famousâ€”Max Roach, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltraneâ€”and on those whose names are known mainly by jazz aficionadosâ€”Alan Shorter, Jon Jang, and Malachi Thompson. Baraka's literary style, with its deep roots in poetry, makes palpable his love and respect for his jazz musician friends. His energy and enthusiasm show us again how much Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and the others he lovingly considers mattered. He brings home to us how music itself matters, and how musicians carry and extend that knowledge from generation to generation, providing us, their listeners, with a sense of meaning and belonging.
Country USA
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2009-05-26
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2009-05-26
Format	Kindle eBook

Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music (Music of the African Diaspora Book 13)