Writing Jazz
Publisher: Mercury House
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781562790967
Subjects: Jazz; Techniques of music; Jazz music; Literary Collections; Music/Songbooks; Literary Criticism; Literature: Classics; LIT; LCO; LCO010000; LIT000000; Genres & Styles - Jazz; History & Criticism - General; Music / General; Essays; General; History and criticism
Description: "A companion volume to Reading Jazz, Writing Jazz is the first comprehensive historical anthology of writings on jazz by African-American musicians, critics, writers, and poets. Arranged chronologically, with equal attention paid to both criticism and lyrical art, this collection encompasses voices from the Spirituals and the Blues to Free Jazz and the Black Arts Movement.

Editor David Meltzer adds his own breadth of knowledge on jazz to the brew with his "Pre-text" introduction and afterthought "Sub-text" discussion."--BOOK JACKET.