| Description |
xi, 216 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Vamping 'til ready -- Three ways of looking at a yardbird : Charlie Parker and the theorization of jazz improvisation in the work of Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka -- Black is, black ain't : violence, black masculinity, and the novel as democratic symbol -- Cutting session : Baldwin as prizefighting intellectual, Baldwin as improvising intellectual -- Improvising over the changes : improvisation as intellectual and aesthetic practice in the transitional poems of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka -- Coda. |
| Subject |
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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Ellison, Ralph -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Jazz in literature.
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Jazz -- History and criticism.
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Improvisation (Music)
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| ISBN |
9780226554235 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780226554242 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0226554236 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0226554244 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| OCLC # |
262429500 |
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