Notes to make the sound come right
Subtitle: four innovators of jazz poetry
By: T.J. Anderson III.
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Fayetteville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Mackey, Nathaniel, 1947- -- Criticism and interpretation.; Cortez, Jayne -- Criticism and interpretation.; Jonas, Stephen.; Kaufman, Bob.; American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Jazz in literature.; Music and literature -- History -- 20th century.
Description: "In this book, T.J. Anderson, son of the brilliant composer, Thomas Anderson, Jr., asserts that jazz became in the twentieth century not only a way of revising old musical forms, such as spiritual and work song, but also a way of examining the African American social and cultural experience. He traces the growing history of jazz poetry and examines the work of four innovative and critically acclaimed African American poets whose work is informed by a jazz aesthetic: Stephen Jonas (1925?-1970) and the unjustly overlooked Bob Kaufman (1925-1986), who have affinities with Beat poetry; Jayne Cortez (1936- ), whose work is rooted in surrealism; and the difficult and demanding Nathaniel Mackey (1947- ), who has links to the language writers. Each fashioned a significant and vibrant body of work that employs several of the key elements of jazz."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-204) and index.
Table of contents: title: The jazz impulse in poetry; title: Voices crossing over : a historical overview of jazz poetry; title: Body and soul : Bob Kaufman's Golden sardine; title: Now's the time : Stephen Jonas's Exercises for ear; title: Hot house : Jayne Cortez and the music of illumination; title: Interstellar space : Nathaniel Mackey's Musical weave; title: Coda : the mixtery of jazz poetry.