Bill Banfield

Black Notes

Essays of a Musician Writing in a Post-Album Age

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Produktbeschreibung

Following in the footsteps of renowned authors like Alain Locke, Harold Cruse, and Amiri Baraka, Black Notes: Essays of A Musician Writing in A Post-Album Age, takes as its mission an important aesthetic inquiry, asking the compelling questions: How

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 183mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9780810852877
• ISBN-10: 081085287X
• Artikelnr.: 14074485

Autorenporträt

By Bill Banfield

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Part 1: Primary Themes Chapter 3 1. Opening
Song: A Post-Album Age Blues Riff Chapter 4 2. Reflection: Prelude Chapter
5 3. Introduction Part 6 Part 2: In the Pocket and on the Downbeat Chapter
7 4. Black Music: A Historical Survey (The Dippin' Pool) Chapter 8 5.
Popular Culture in Non-Theory: Seeing Ourselves, Revealing Ourselves,
Knowing Ourselves Chapter 9 6. Mobilization and Cultural Creation: The Rise
of African American Consciousness and an Interpretation of African American
History and Culture (1990) Chapter 10 7. The Undeniable Groove: Black
Rhythm in Artistic Expression (1992) Chapter 11 8. Aesthetics for a
"Teaching Theory": Meaning in Black Music Practice and History Chapter 12
9. Keepin' It Real: Arts and Humanizing Processes (1999) Chapter 13 10. The
Rub: Markets, Morals, Theology, and the Making of Music in Contemporary
Popular Culture (Russell Simmons, Biggie Smalls, Mary J. Blige, 2002)
Chapter 14 11. Black Artistic Invisibility: A Black Composer Talking 'bout
Taking Care of the Souls of Black Folks While Losing Much Ground Fast
Chapter 15 12. You Call That Music! Hip Hop (with Libby Larson, Alexs Pate,
Russell Simmons) Chapter 16 13. An Essay on Hip Hop and Popular Music
Culture as One Road Map in Jazz Education's Future Directions (2003)
Chapter 17 14. The Sass and Cool: Sarah and Miles; Tribute to the Staples
of the Black Aesthetic (1990) Chapter 18 15. Poetry, Blues, Rhetoric, and
Prayer for the Complacent: Wearing Afros in Late 199? (January 1993) Part
19 Part 3: Two Interviews with the Author Chapter 20 16. The Work:
Illuminating the Way and Moving the People Beyond (1997) Chapter 21 17. An
Interview with William Banfield (James P. Johnson, Duke Ellington, Anthony
Braxton, and the AACM) by Alan Baker, Minnesota Public Radio, March 2003
Part 22 Part 4: Tritone Substitution: Musicians in Tune and in Time Chapter
23 18. Radio Program Introduction Chapter 24 19. Q: The Music of Composer
Quincy Jones Chapter 25 20. Mozart's Afro Cousin: Joseph, the Chevalier de
St. Georges Chapter 26 21. James P. Johnson's Stride Chapter 27 22. Just
Make Music: The Music of Douglas Ewart Chapter 28 23. Regina Carter Chapter
29 24. Ms. Rushen, Our All-Keys Player Chapter 30 25. Billy Childs: The
World Where I Live Chapter 31 26. What Makes a Piece of Music to You? (Hale
Smith) Chapter 32 27. Where Do the Musical Geniuses Go? (Jaco Pastorius)
Part 33 Part 5: Modulations: Talks with and on Contemporary Artists Chapter
34 28. The Music Kept Us From Being Paralyzed: A Talk with Bernice Johnson
Reagon Chapter 35 29. Four Talks on Artistic Responsibility (Bobby
McFerrin, Ysaye Barnwell, Billy Taylor, Patrice Rushen) Chapter 36 30. Two
Articles about Steve Reich (1989) Chapter 37 31. Farewell to Lenny:
Reflections on a Hero Beloved (1992) Chapter 38 32. Ode to a Friend:
Michael Powell, Visionary Producer (1992) Chapter 39 33. His Royal Crown
Prince of Jazz Purists: Times with Wynton Marsalis (1994) Chapter 40 34.
Stevie Wonder: He Remembered My Name! (1991) Chapter 41 35. His Name Is
Prince and He Is What?! (The Artist, Genius, and Meaning of...) (1994)
Chapter 42 36. The Day I Met Flavor Flav (Public Enemy and the Boyyy!!!!)
(1994) Chapter 43 37. Rap Music on Trial (1994) Chapter 44 38. A Brush with
Teddy: Riley's Last Words (1994) Chapter 45 39. 96 Hemmingway: The Boston
Daze Chapter 46 40. Gordon Parks: An Artist Celebrating the Human Spirit
(2000) Chapter 47 41. Ralph Ellison, A Raisin in the Sun, We Bamboozled:
Some Thoughts (2004) Part 48 Part 6: Taking It to the Bridge: The Future of
Black Popular Music Visited Chapter 49 42. The Future of Black Popular
Music: A Theory of Contemporary Interpretation Chapter 50 43. Tracing the
Seeds of Our Cultural Decay Chapter 51 44. We're Representin': The Hope for
the Future of Black Popular Music Chapter 52 45. Who Stole the Souls of
Black Folk? Chapter 53 46. Treading Turbulent Waters: Being an Invisible
Black Artist in Contemporary American Culture-Foundations for Cultural
Theory (2004) Chapter 54 47. Still Black Notes: Reporting from the 2004 BET
(Black Entertainment Television) Awards Show Part 55 Part 7: Conclusions:
The Turnaround Chapter 56 48. Staying Full-Tune: From Where I have Walked,
Final Reflections, and the Hope(s) in the Future of Black Music Culture
Chapter 57 49. Coda and Cadence Part 58 Photos Part 59 Notes Part 60 Index
Part 61 About the Author