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Thriving on a Riff - Jazz and Blues Influences in African American Literature and Film (Paperback, New)
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Thriving on a Riff - Jazz and Blues Influences in African American Literature and Film (Paperback, New)
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From the Harlem Renaissance to the present, African American
writers have drawn on the rich heritage of jazz and blues,
transforming musical forms into the written word. In this companion
volume to The Hearing Eye, distinguished contributors ranging from
Bertram Ashe to Steven C. Tracy explore the musical influence on
such writers as Sterling Brown, J.J. Phillips, Paul Beatty, and
Nathaniel Mackey. Here, too, are Graham Lock's engaging interviews
with contemporary poets Michael S. Harper and Jayne Cortez, along
with studies of the performing self, in Krin Gabbard's account of
Miles Davis and John Gennari's investigation of fictional and
factual versions of Charlie Parker. The book also looks at African
Americans in and on film, from blackface minstrelsy to the efforts
of Duke Ellington and John Lewis to rescue jazz from its
stereotyping in Hollywood film scores as a signal for sleaze and
criminality. Concluding with a proposal by Michael Jarrett for a
new model of artistic influence, Thriving on a Riff makes the case
for the seminal cross-cultural role of jazz and blues.
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