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Title:

Thriving on a riff : jazz and blues influences in African American literature and film / edited by Graham Lock and David Murray.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiii, 296 p. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Music and literature--History--20th century.
Motion pictures and music.
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
Blues (Music) in literature.
Blues (Music) in motion pictures.
Jazz in literature.
Jazz in motion pictures.
Music and literature.

Other Authors:

Lock, Graham, 1948-
Murray, David.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Jumping tracks: the path of conduction / Michael Jarrett. Blackface minstrelsy and jazz signification in Hollywood's early sound era / Corin Willis -- "Thanks, Jack, for that": the strange legacies of Sterling A. Brown / Steven C. Tracy -- Phraseology: an interview with Michael S. Harper -- Paul Beatty's White boy shuffle blues: jazz poetry, John Coltrane, and the post-soul aesthetic / Bertram D. Ashe -- Giving voice: an interview with Jayne Cortez -- "Out of this world": music and spirit in the writings of Nathaniel Mackey and Amiri Baraka / David Murray -- Blaxploitation Bird: Ross Russell's pulp addiction / John Gennari -- How many miles? Alternate takes on the jazz life / Krin Gabbard -- "A rebus of democratic slants and angles": to have and have not, racial representation and musical performance in a democracy at war / Ian Brookes -- "No brotherly love": Hollywood jazz, racial prejudice and John Lewis's score for Odds against tomorrow / David Butler -- Anatomy of a movie: Duke Ellington and 1950s film scoring / Mervyn Cooke -- Jumping tracks: the path of conduction / Michael Jarrett.

ISBN:

0195337093 (alk. paper)
9780195337099 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)182857106

LCCN:

2007049329

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)