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     Troy AALBC .com Platinum Poster Username: Troy Post Number: 1846 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: |
Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music By Amiri Baraka Posted: http://reviews.aalbc.com/digging.htm From Robert's Review: Also, Baraka blasts the hypocrisy and blatant racism found in jazz criticism with him naming names in both essays on the poison-pen art form. He singles out white prominent jazz writers Len Lyons, Jack Chambers and Lincoln Collier for their miscues. Baraka’s work in the second part of the book dealing with great musicians is nothing short of extraordinary, blending biography and musical achievement in a review of the most memorable of our jazz pioneers such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Tatum, Max Roach, Eric Dolphy, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Jackie McLean, Albert Ayler, Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington, Don Pullen, Abbey Lincoln, and Fred Hopkins. This is a portion of the book to be truly savored, read slowly and absorbed. |
