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Black notes : essays of a musician writing in a post-album age / William C. Banfield.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3479 .B36 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Banfield, William C., 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Music--History and criticism.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Music.
- Music--United States--History and criticism.
- Music.
- United States.
- African Americans in popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- Following in the footsteps of renowned authors like Alain Locke, Harold Cruse, and Amiri Baraka, Black Notes: Essays of A Musician Writing in A Post-Album Age, takes as its mission an important aesthetic inquiry, asking the compelling questions: How
- Contents:
- Primary themes
- In the pocket and on the downbeat
- Two interviews with the author
- Tritone substitution: musicians in tune and in time
- Modulations: talks with and on contemporary artists
- Taking it to the bridge: the future of black popular music visited
- Conclusions : the turnaround.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-325) and index.
- ISBN:
- 081085287X
- OCLC:
- 55671576
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