Ainâ t But a Few of Us presents over two dozen candid dialogues with Black jazz critics and journalists who discuss the barriers to access for Black jazz critics and how they contend with the world of jazz writing dominated by white men.
Ainâ t But a Few of Us presents over two dozen candid dialogues with Black jazz critics and journalists who discuss the barriers to access for Black jazz critics and how they contend with the world of jazz writing dominated by white men.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Willard Jenkins is the Artistic Director of the DC Jazz Festival as well as an arts consultant, producer, educator, and print and broadcast journalist. His writing has been featured in JazzTimes, Downbeat, Jazz Forum, Jazzwise , and many other publications. He is the coauthor of African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston, also published by Duke University Press. He is the writer of the multipart Billie Holiday documentary podcast No Regrets.
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Acknowledgments ix Introduction / Willard Jenkins 1 1. Roundtable / Eric Arnold Jordannah Elizabeth Bill Francis Steve Monroe Rahsaan Clark Morris Robin Washington and K. Leander Williams 15 2. The Authors / Playthell Benjamin Herb Boyd Karen Chilton Farah Jasmine Griffin Robin D. G. Kelley Tammy Kernodle Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. Gene Seymour A. B. Spellman and Greg Tate 27 3. Black Jazz Magazine Editors and Publishers / Jo Ann Cheatham (Pure Jazz ) Jim Harrison (Jazz Spotlite News) Haybert Houston (Jazz Now) and Ron Welburn (The Grackle) 89 4. Black Dispatch Contributors / Robin James and Ron Scott 111 5. Magazine Freelancers / Bill Brower Janine Coveney Lofton Emenari III Eugene Holley Jr. John Murph Don Palmer and Ron Wynn 125 6. Newspaper Writers and Columnists / Martin Johnson Greg Thomas and Hollie West 167 7. The New Breed (Online) / Bridget Arnwine Angelika Beener and Anthony Dean-Harris 189 8. Anthology 209 Classics “Jazz and the White Critic ” LeRoi Jones (DownBeat 1963) 209 “Requiem for a Heavyweight ” Marc Crawford (Transition 1966) 216 “Inside the Horace Silver Quintet ” Barbara Gardner (DownBeat 1963) 220 “Trane + 7 = a Wild Night at the Gate ” A. B. Spellman (DownBeat 1965) 226 “The Testimony: An Interview with Alto Saxophonist Bunky Green ” Bill Quinn (DownBeat 1966) 229 On Jazz and Race “Putting the White Man in Charge ” Stanley Crouch (JazzTimes 2003) 236 “My Bill Evans Problem—Jaded Visions of Jazz and Race ” Eugene Holley Jr. ( New Music Box 2013) 238 “Where's the Black Audience?” Ron Wynn (JazzTimes 2013) 243 “Whither the Black Voices ” Anthony Dean-Harris (Nextbop 2013) 249 “Brooklyn's Jazz Renaissance ” Robin D. G. Kelley (ISAM Newsletter 2004) 251 Additional Ain’t But a Few of Us Contributors “Wynton Is the Greatest! ” Playthell Benjamin (Commentaries on the Times 2016) 255 “Jazz Is . . . Free . . . ? ” Ron Welburn (The Grackle 1976) 259 “Why Jazz Will Always Be Relevant ” Greg Tate (The Fader 2016) 264 “Rhapsody in Rainbow: Jazz and the Queer Aesthetic ” John Murph (JazzTimes 2010) 268 Black Musician Writers “Billy Taylor Replies to Art Tatum Critics ” Billy Taylor (DownBeat 1955) 274 “Creativity and Change ” Wayne Shorter (DownBeat 1968) 276 “An Artist Speaks Bluntly ” Archie Shepp (DownBeat 1965) 286 “The Jazz Pianist-Purist ” Herbie Nichols (Rhythm 1946) 288 “Smack! Memories of Fletcher Henderson ” Rex Stewart (DownBeat 1965) 290 Index 299
Acknowledgments ix Introduction / Willard Jenkins 1 1. Roundtable / Eric Arnold Jordannah Elizabeth Bill Francis Steve Monroe Rahsaan Clark Morris Robin Washington and K. Leander Williams 15 2. The Authors / Playthell Benjamin Herb Boyd Karen Chilton Farah Jasmine Griffin Robin D. G. Kelley Tammy Kernodle Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. Gene Seymour A. B. Spellman and Greg Tate 27 3. Black Jazz Magazine Editors and Publishers / Jo Ann Cheatham (Pure Jazz ) Jim Harrison (Jazz Spotlite News) Haybert Houston (Jazz Now) and Ron Welburn (The Grackle) 89 4. Black Dispatch Contributors / Robin James and Ron Scott 111 5. Magazine Freelancers / Bill Brower Janine Coveney Lofton Emenari III Eugene Holley Jr. John Murph Don Palmer and Ron Wynn 125 6. Newspaper Writers and Columnists / Martin Johnson Greg Thomas and Hollie West 167 7. The New Breed (Online) / Bridget Arnwine Angelika Beener and Anthony Dean-Harris 189 8. Anthology 209 Classics “Jazz and the White Critic ” LeRoi Jones (DownBeat 1963) 209 “Requiem for a Heavyweight ” Marc Crawford (Transition 1966) 216 “Inside the Horace Silver Quintet ” Barbara Gardner (DownBeat 1963) 220 “Trane + 7 = a Wild Night at the Gate ” A. B. Spellman (DownBeat 1965) 226 “The Testimony: An Interview with Alto Saxophonist Bunky Green ” Bill Quinn (DownBeat 1966) 229 On Jazz and Race “Putting the White Man in Charge ” Stanley Crouch (JazzTimes 2003) 236 “My Bill Evans Problem—Jaded Visions of Jazz and Race ” Eugene Holley Jr. ( New Music Box 2013) 238 “Where's the Black Audience?” Ron Wynn (JazzTimes 2013) 243 “Whither the Black Voices ” Anthony Dean-Harris (Nextbop 2013) 249 “Brooklyn's Jazz Renaissance ” Robin D. G. Kelley (ISAM Newsletter 2004) 251 Additional Ain’t But a Few of Us Contributors “Wynton Is the Greatest! ” Playthell Benjamin (Commentaries on the Times 2016) 255 “Jazz Is . . . Free . . . ? ” Ron Welburn (The Grackle 1976) 259 “Why Jazz Will Always Be Relevant ” Greg Tate (The Fader 2016) 264 “Rhapsody in Rainbow: Jazz and the Queer Aesthetic ” John Murph (JazzTimes 2010) 268 Black Musician Writers “Billy Taylor Replies to Art Tatum Critics ” Billy Taylor (DownBeat 1955) 274 “Creativity and Change ” Wayne Shorter (DownBeat 1968) 276 “An Artist Speaks Bluntly ” Archie Shepp (DownBeat 1965) 286 “The Jazz Pianist-Purist ” Herbie Nichols (Rhythm 1946) 288 “Smack! Memories of Fletcher Henderson ” Rex Stewart (DownBeat 1965) 290 Index 299
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