Black Case Volume I & II: Return From Exile

Edwards, Brent Hayes

ISBN 10: 1733723536 / ISBN 13: 9781733723534

Published by Blank Forms Editions, 2019

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00083153158

Synopsis:

In 1977, Art Ensemble of Chicago Publishing Co. published Jarman's Black Case, a collection of writing conceived across America and Europe between 1960 and 1975. Comprised largely of Jarman's flowing, fiery free verse--influenced by Amus Mor, Henry Dumas, Thulani Davis, and Amiri Baraka--the book also features a manifesto for "GREAT BLACK MUSIC," notated songs, concert program notes, Jarman's photos, and impressions of a play by Muhal Richard Abrams. Jarman writes poetry of personal revolutionary intent, aimed at routing his audience's consciousness towards growth and communication. He speaks with compassionate urgency of the struggles of growing up on Chicago's South Side, of racist police brutality and profound urban alienation, and of the responsibility he feels as a creative artist to nurture beauty and community through the heliocentric music that he considers the healing force of the universe. A practicing Buddhist and proponent of Aikido since a 1958 awakening saved him from the traumatic mental isolation of his time dropped by the US army into southeast Asia, Jarman sings praise for the self-awareness realization possible through the martial arts. With cosmic breath as its leitmotif, his poetry both encourages and embodies a complete relinquishing of ego. While some of the poems contained within Black Case have already been immortalized via performances on classic records by Jarman and Art Ensemble of Chicago, its republication in print form breathes new life into a forgotten document of the Black Arts Movement.

About the Author: Joseph Jarman (1937-2019) était un saxophoniste et multi-instrumentiste américain, membre fondateur du groupe de jazz d'avant-garde emblématique Art Ensemble de Chicago, à l'origine des éléments théâtraux et multimédias de la formation intégrant danse, performance et poésie dans un spectacle total.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Black Case Volume I & II: Return From Exile
Publisher: Blank Forms Editions
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good