Despite the fact that most of jazz's major innovators and
performers have been African American, the overwhelming majority of
jazz journalists, critics, and authors have been and continue to be
white men. No major mainstream jazz publication has ever had a
black editor or publisher. Ain't But a Few of Us presents over two
dozen candid dialogues with black jazz critics and journalists
ranging from Greg Tate, Farah Jasmine Griffin, and Robin D. G.
Kelley to Tammy Kernodle, Ron Welburn, and John Murph. They discuss
the obstacles to access for black jazz journalists, outline how
they contend with the world of jazz writing dominated by white men,
and point out that these racial disparities are not confined to
jazz but hamper their efforts at writing about other music genres
as well. Ain't But a Few of Us also includes an anthology section,
which reprints classic essays and articles from black writers and
musicians such as LeRoi Jones, Archie Shepp, A. B. Spellman, and
Herbie Nichols. Contributors Eric Arnold, Bridget Arnwine, Angelika
Beener, Playthell Benjamin, Herb Boyd, Bill Brower, Jo Ann
Cheatham, Karen Chilton, Janine Coveney, Marc Crawford, Stanley
Crouch, Anthony Dean-Harris, Jordannah Elizabeth, Lofton Emenari
III, Bill Francis, Barbara Gardner, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Jim
Harrison, Eugene Holley Jr., Haybert Houston, Robin James, Willard
Jenkins, Martin Johnson, LeRoi Jones, Robin D. G. Kelley, Tammy
Kernodle, Steve Monroe, Rahsaan Clark Morris, John Murph, Herbie
Nichols, Don Palmer, Bill Quinn, Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr., Ron Scott,
Gene Seymour, Archie Shepp, Wayne Shorter, A. B. Spellman, Rex
Stewart, Greg Tate, Billy Taylor, Greg Thomas, Robin Washington,
Ron Welburn, Hollie West, K. Leander Williams, Ron Wynn
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