TY - BOOK AU - Porter,Eric ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - What is this thing called jazz?: African American musicians as artists, critics, and activists T2 - Music of the African diaspora SN - 9780520928404 AV - ML3508 .P67 2002 U1 - 781.65/089/96073 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Berkeley, Calif. PB - University of California Press KW - Jazz KW - History and criticism KW - African American jazz musicians KW - African Americans KW - Intellectual life KW - 20th century KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-382) and index; A marvel of paradox : jazz and African American modernity -- Dizzy atmosphere : the challenge of bebop -- Passions of a man : the poetics and politics of Charles Mingus -- Straight ahead : Abbey Lincoln and the challenge of jazz singing -- Practicing "creative music" : the black arts imperative in the jazz community -- Writing "creative music" : theorizing the art and politics of improvisation -- The majesty of the blues : Wynton Marsalis's jazz canon UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=223040 ER -