| Description |
xvi, 380 pages : music, portraits ; 27 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Laying the foundations -- The arrived and the acknowledged, part 1 (1922-1936). H. Leslie Adams ; Thomas J. Anderson ; David Baker ; Noel DaCosta ; George Russell ; Hale Smith ; Frederick C. Tillis ; George Walker -- The arrived and the acknowledged, part 2 (1937-1945). Adolphus Hailstork ; Wendell Logan ; Dorothy Rudd Moore ; Olly Wilson -- Perspectives on spirituality, jazz, and contemporary popular languages. Dwight Andrews ; Ysaye Maria Barnwell ; Billy Childs ; George Duke ; Jester Hairston ; Herbie Hancock ; Stephen Newby ; Michael Powell ; Billy Taylor ; Tony Williams ; Michael Woods -- The composer as conductor and composer. Leslie Dunner ; Bobby McFerrin ; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson ; Patrice Rushen ; Kevin Scott ; Julius Williams -- Generation X and beyond (1950-1965). Michael Abels ; Lettie Beckon Alston ; William C. Banfield ; Regina Harris Baiocchi ; Anthony Davis ; Donal Fox ; Jonathan Holland ; Anthony Kelley ; Jeffrey Mumford ; Gary Powell Nash ; Evelyn Simpson-Curenton ; James Kimo Williams -- Postlude : extensions of the tradition; linkages and canon |
| Subject |
African American composers -- Interviews.
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African American composers. |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Subject |
African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
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African Americans -- Music. |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| ISBN |
0810837064 alkaline paper |
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