Description
A comprehensive collection of essays, speeches, and interviews on the impact of jazz on other arts, on politics, and on the rhythm of everyday life, including an essay on poet and novelist James Weldon Johnson as a cultural critic, an interview with Wynton Marsalis, a speech on the heroic image in jazz, and a newspaper review of Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk.
Author: Robert O'Meally
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 12/08/1998
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 10.00h x 6.90w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780231104494
ISBN10: 0231104499
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Genres & Styles | Jazz
- Music | History & Criticism | General
- Social Science | Popular Culture
About the Author
Robert G. O'Meally is Zora Neale Hurston Professor of American Literature at Columbia University.