The shadow and the act : black intellectual practice, jazz improvisation, and philosophical pragmatism / by Muyumba, Walton M.

Table of Contents: “…Movement I: Three ways of looking at a yardbird: Charlie Parker and the theorization of jazz improvisation in the work of Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Le Roi Jones/Amiri Baraka --…”
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My life in E-flat / by Parker, Chan

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Lee Konitz : conversations on the improviser's art / by Hamilton, Andy, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Early life and career -- Formative influences : Lennie Tristano, Charlie Parker, and Lester Young -- Working with Tristano -- Early collaborators : Miles Davis and Warne Marsh -- The 1950s : Stan Kenton and early projects as leader -- The art of improvisation -- The 1960s : Motion -- The instrument -- The 1970s -- The material : standards, blues, and free -- The 1980s to the present.…”
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What Earl Scruggs heard : string music along the North Carolina-South Carolina border / by Carlin, Bob

Table of Contents: “…(Before Earl) -- The Greatest Musical Tournament in Western North Carolina -- John W. Ross, Charlie Parker and Mack Woolbright : Part One -- Mack Woolbright : Part Two and Three -- What Earl Scruggs Heard -- Crazy Crystals and Aristocratic Pigs : The Fisher Hendley Story -- WBT-Charlotte -- Crazy Water and Crazy Bands -- Aristocratically Yours, Fisher Hendley -- Conclusion. …”
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Wales unchained : literature, politics and identity in the American century / by Williams, Daniel G.

Table of Contents: “…Lawrence; 2 Black and White: Boxing, Race and Modernity; 3 Blood Jumps: Dylan Thomas, Charlie Parker and 1950s America; 4 Class and Identity: Aneurin Bevan and Paul Robeson; 5 To Know the Divisions: The Identity of Raymond Williams; 6 'American Freaks': Welsh Poets and the United States; 7 Singing Unchained: Language, Nation and Multiculturalism; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.…”
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Come in and hear the truth : jazz and race on 52nd Street / by Burke, Patrick Lawrence

Highway 61 revisited : the tangled roots of American jazz, blues, & country music / by Santoro, Gene

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The jazz tradition / by Williams, Martin, 1924-1992

Table of Contents: “…Count Basie and Lester Young: style beyond swing -- 12. Charlie Parker: the burden of innovation -- 13. Thelonious Monk: modern jazz in search of maturity -- 14. …”
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Jazz makers : vanguards of sound / by Shipton, Alyn

Table of Contents: “…The pioneers: Scott Joplin ; Jelly Roll Morton ; King Oliver ; Louis Armstrong ; Sidney Bechet ; Bix Beiderbecke ; Bessie Smith ; More pioneers to remember -- Swing bands and soloists: Fletcher Henderson ; Duke Ellington ; Cab Calloway ; Benny Goodman ; Artie Shaw ; Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey ; Count Basie ; Ella Fitzgerald ; Billie Holiday ; Lester Young ; Coleman Hawkins ; More swing bandleaders and soloists to remember -- The piano giants: Albert Ammons ; Fats Waller ; Earl "Fatha" Hines ; Mary Lou Williams ; Teddy Wilson ; Art Tatum ; Oscar Peterson ; More piano giants to remember -- Birth of bebop, the modern jazz revolution: Dizzy Gillespie ; Charlie Parker ; Miles Davis ; Bud Powell ; Thelonious Monk ; Art Blakey ; Charles Mingus ; Sarah Vaughan ; More modern jazz pioneers to remember -- Cool jazz, hard bop, and fusion: John Coltrane ; Sonny Rollins ; Gerry Mulligan ; Stan Getz ; Ornette Coleman ; Bill Evans ; Herbie Hancock ; Chick Corea ; John McLaughlin ; Anthony Braxton ; More cool, hard bop and fusion players to remember -- A century of jazz: David Murray ; Michael Brecker ; Jan Garbarek ; Wynton Marsalis ; Geri Allen ; Joshua Redman ; More contemporary jazz players to remember.…”
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Tropical riffs : Latin America and the politics of jazz / by Borge, Jason, 1965-

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The history of jazz / by Gioia, Ted

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The John Coltrane companion : five decades of commentary /

Digging : the Afro-American soul of American classical music / by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014

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Bop apocalypse : jazz, race, the beats, and drugs / by Torgoff, Martin

Thinking in jazz : the infinite art of improvisation / by Berliner, Paul

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Visions of jazz : the first century / by Giddins, Gary

Table of Contents: “…Spike Jones (Chasin' the birdaphone). Charlie Parker (Flying home). Dizzy Gillispie (The coup and after). …”
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Kerouac on Record : a Literary Soundtrack /

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