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This collection of essays and poems about the influence of jazz on writing and culture in this country, an expanded edition of the 1986 publication, is a rewarding volume for all those entranced by jazz. Carruth brings his considerable poetic and literary sensibilities to bear on a topic very near to his heart: ""Those who are devoted primarily to jazz, to poetry, to all the arts, are also those who contribute more intelligently than others to our practical and moral, political and social, advancement.""
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2007 Alan Merriam Prize presented by the Society for Ethnomusicology. 2007 PEN/Beyond Margins Book Award Finalist. When we think of African American popular music, our first thought is probably not of double-dutch: girls bouncing between two twirling ropes, keeping time to the tick-tat under their toes. But this book argues that the games black girls play -handclapping songs, cheers, and double-dutch jump rope-both reflect and inspire the principles of black popular musicmaking. The Games Black Girls Play illustrates how black musical styles are incorporated into the earliest games African Ame
African American girls -- Social life and customs. --- African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism. --- Double dutch (Rope skipping) -- United States. --- Rap (Music) -- History and criticism. --- Singing games -- United States. --- African Americans --- African American girls --- Rap (Music) --- Singing games --- Double dutch (Rope skipping) --- History and criticism --- Music --- Social life and customs --- African. --- American. --- black. --- contain. --- earliest. --- effect. --- games. --- girls. --- how. --- illustration. --- incorporated. --- into. --- learn. --- music. --- musical. --- styles. --- these.
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This powerful book covers the vast and various terrain of African American music, from bebop to hip-hop. Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr., begins with an absorbing account of his own musical experiences with family and friends on the South Side of Chicago, evoking Sunday-morning worship services, family gatherings with food and dancing, and jam sessions at local nightclubs. This lays the foundation for a brilliant discussion of how musical meaning emerges in the private and communal realms of lived experience and how African American music has shaped and reflected identities in the black community. Deeply informed by Ramsey's experience as an accomplished musician, a sophisticated cultural theorist, and an enthusiast brought up in the community he discusses, Race Music explores the global influence and popularity of African American music, its social relevance, and key questions regarding its interpretation and criticism. Beginning with jazz, rhythm and blues, and gospel, this book demonstrates that while each genre of music is distinct-possessing its own conventions, performance practices, and formal qualities-each is also grounded in similar techniques and conceptual frameworks identified with African American musical traditions. Ramsey provides vivid glimpses of the careers of Dinah Washington, Louis Jordan, Dizzy Gillespie, Cootie Williams, and Mahalia Jackson, among others, to show how the social changes of the 1940's elicited an Afro-modernism that inspired much of the music and culture that followed. Race Music illustrates how, by transcending the boundaries between genres, black communities bridged generational divides and passed down knowledge of musical forms and styles. It also considers how the discourse of soul music contributed to the vibrant social climate of the Black Power Era. Multilayered and masterfully written, Race Music provides a dynamic framework for rethinking the many facets of African American music and the ethnocentric energy that infused its creation.
African Americans in popular culture --- Afro-Americains dans la culture populaire --- Afro-Amerikanen in de volkscultuur --- African Americans - Music - History and criticism. --- African Americans in popular culture. --- Popular music - Social aspects - United States. --- Music History & Criticism, National - Folk, Patriotic, Political --- Music --- Music, Dance, Drama & Film --- African Americans --- Popular music --- History and criticism. --- Social aspects --- Afro-Americans in popular culture --- Popular culture --- Music, Popular --- Music, Popular (Songs, etc.) --- Pop music --- Popular songs --- Popular vocal music --- Songs, Popular --- Vocal music, Popular --- Cover versions --- History and criticism --- United States --- african american music. --- african americans. --- afro modernism. --- american history. --- bebop. --- black americans. --- black communities. --- black culture. --- black music. --- black power era. --- chicago. --- cootie williams. --- cultural theorists. --- dinah washington. --- dizzy gillespie. --- ethnocentric. --- gospel music. --- hip hop. --- jam sessions. --- jazz. --- louis jordan. --- mahalia jackson. --- music and culture. --- musical meaning. --- musical styles. --- musicology. --- nonfiction. --- racial issues. --- rhythm and blues. --- social changes.
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