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Jazz In Black And White Race, Culture And Identity In the Jazz Community
open our order pageCharley Gerard
Praeger Publishers, 2001 (first published in 1998)
Paperback. 222pp. b&w illustrations
£19.99

CONTENTS:
1. Black Music, Black Identity
2. African Music, African Identity
3. Race and Religious Identity
4. Race and Jazz Communities
5. Black Music, White Identity
6. Colourless Swing
7. Racial Identity and Three Lives
8. Racial Identity Embedded in Performance
9. The Right of Swing

"Comprehensive and insightful, Jazz In Black And White is an emotional book. It provides scads of research and intelligent analysis for those interested in the arts, music and culture, but what it does best is mourn the presence of racial discord in a music as harmonious as jazz." - PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

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