Testimony, a tribute to Charlie Parker
Subtitle: with new & selected jazz poems
By: Yusef Komunyakaa ; including the complete Australian Broadcasting Corporation audio recording with music by Sandy Evans ; commentaries by Sandy Evans [and four others] ; project editor, Victoria Stahl
Contributors: Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955; Stahl, Victoria; Evans, Sandy
Publisher: Wesleyan
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9780819574930; 9780819574299; 9780819573827
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Languages & Literatures; LITERARY CRITICISM; American poetry; English; American Literature; Poetry
Work titles: Poems
Description: Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa is well known for his jazz poetry, and this book is the first to bring together the verve and vitality of his oeuvre. The centerpiece of this volume is the libretto "Testimony." Paying homage to Charlie Parker, "Testimony" was commissioned for a radio drama with original music by eminent Australian composer and saxophonist Sandy Evans. Remarkably rich and evocative, encompassing a wide range of musical energy and performers, this moving affirmation of Parker's genius became a milestone in contemporary radio theater. Twenty-eight additional poems spa.
Notes: Poetry and commentary, featuring Komunyakaa's long paean to Charlie Parker.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part one. Jazz poems / Yusef Komunyakaa; title: part two. Testimony / Yusef Komunyakaa and Sandy Evans.