Black Music - Softcover

Baraka, Imamu Amiri

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ISBN 10: 0688243444 ISBN 13: 9780688243449

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1980

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Essays and critical reviews by the contemporary poet and playwright focus upon the lives, styles, and performances of black jazz musicians

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"[Jones writes] with an excitement and empathy and terrific knack for the true colloquial phrase, the right feeling." --Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

LeRoi Jones (now known as Amiri Baraka) is the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He was named Poet Laureate of New Jersey by the N.J. Commission on Humanities, from 2002-2004. His last two books of poetry, Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems and Un Poco Low Coup received tremendous critical acclaim.

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