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Saxophonist, multi-wind player, arranger, composer, music director,
theater works producer, educator, and visionary, Pat Patrick
performed with Duke Ellington's and Quincy Jones' orchestras,
Thelonious Monk, Mongo Santamaria, Nat King Cole, James Moody, Eric
Dolphy, Marvin Gaye, Patti Labelle, and Billy Taylor. Most of his
career, however, was spent laying down the baseline grooves on the
baritone saxophone with the indefinable Sun Ra Archestra for over
35 years. Based on research in the recently opened archive of
personal papers, artifacts, scrapbooks, music, news clippings and
photographs, Pat Patrick: American Musician and Cultural Visionary,
explores the life and influence of this important musical
man-behind-the-scenes. Musicologist Bill Banfield weaves a treasure
trove of primary source material-including interviews with
Patrick's family, friends, and associates-into a tapestry of
Patrick's remarkable life as the musical right hand of some of
America's greatest Black musical artists.
In this collection of essays, interviews, and profiles, William
Banfield reflects on his life as a musician and educator, as he
weaves together pieces of cultural criticism and artistry, all the
while paying homage to Black music of the last 40 years and beyond.
In Representing Black Music Culture: Then, Now, and When Again?,
Banfield honors the legacy of artists who have graced us with their
work for more than half a century. The essays and interviews in
this collection are enhanced by seven years of daily diary entries,
which reflect on some of the country's most respected Black
composers, recording artists, authors, and cultural icons. These
include Ornette Coleman, Bobby McFerrin, Toni Morrison, Amiri
Baraka, Gordon Parks, the Marsalis brothers, Spike Lee, Maya
Angelou, Patrice Rushen, and many others. Though many of the
individuals Banfield lauds are well-known to most readers, he also
turns his attention to musicians and artists whose work, while
perhaps unheralded by the world at large, are no less deserving of
praise and respect for their contributions to the culture. In
addition, this volume is filled with candid photographs of many of
these fellow artists as they participate in expressive culture,
whether on stage, on tour, in clubs, behind the scenes, in
rehearsal, or even during meals and teaching class. This unique
book of essays, interviews, diary entries, and Banfield's personal
photographs will be of interest to scholars and students, of
course, but also to general readers interested in absorbing and
appreciating the beauty of Black culture.
No art can survive without an understanding of, and dedication to,
the values envisioned by its creators. No culture over time has
existed without a belief system to sustain its survival. Black
music is no different. In Cultural Codes: Makings of a Black Music
Philosophy, William C. Banfield engages the reader in a
conversation about the aesthetics and meanings that inform this
critical component of our social consciousness. By providing a
focused examination of the historical development of Black music
artistry, Banfield formulates a useable philosophy tied to how such
music is made, shaped, and functions. In so doing, he explores
Black music culture from three angles: history, education, and the
creative work of the musicians who have moved the art forward. In
addition to tracing Black music from its African roots to its
various contemporary expressions, including jazz, soul, R&B,
funk, and hip hop, Banfield profiles some of the most important
musicians over the last century: W.C. Handy, Scott Joplin, Louis
Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Mary Lou Williams, John
Coltrane, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, and Stevie Wonder, among
others. Cultural Codes provides an educational and philosophical
framework for students and scholars interested in the traditions,
the development, the innovators, and the relevance of Black music.
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