Testimony, a tribute to Charlie Parker : with new and selected jazz poems / Yusef Komunyakaa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Komunyakaa, Yusef, author.

Series:

Wesleyan Poetry Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--20th century.

American poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Middletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press, [2013]

Summary:

A collaborative tribute of words and music reflecting the tension and beauty of jazz, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation audio recording with music by Sandy Evans

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Rhythm Method""; ""Togetherness""; ""Twilight Seduction""; ""Woman, I Got the Blues""; ""Jasmine""; ""Gingkoes""; ""Tenebrae""; ""Cante Jondo""; ""Changes; or, Reveries at a Window Overlooking a Country Road, with Two Women Talking Blues in the Kitchen""; ""The Same Beat""; ""To Beauty""; ""Ignis Fatuus""; ""Pepper""; ""Satchmo, USA""; ""Nightbird""; ""Copacetic Mingus""; ""Gerry�s Jazz""; ""Speed Ball""; ""February in Sydney""; ""The Plea""; ""Elegy for Thelonious""; ""Dolphy�s Aviary""; ""Gutbucket""

""Blue Light Lounge Sutra for the Performance Poets at Harold Park Hotel""""The Story of a Coat""; ""No-Good Blues""; ""Ode to the Saxophone""; ""Coda""; ""Part One: Jazz Poems""; ""The Libretto""; ""Yusef Komunyakaa�s “Testimony� and the Humanity of Charlie Parker""; ""Survival Masks: An Interview with Yusef Komunyakaa""; ""Testimony""; ""The Music""; ""Testimony, The Ties that Bind""; ""French Flowers Blooming: The Music for Testimony""; ""Composer/Musical Director�s Notes""; ""Testimony, Songs and Musicians""; ""Australian Art Orchestra Performances""; ""Testimony, The Recording""

""Acknowledgments""""Selected Discography""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Part Two: Testimony""

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780819574138

0819574139

OCLC:

865333322