Negro music in white america by jones, leroi and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Bluespeople bluespeoplenegromusicinwhiteamericaisaseminalstudyofafroamericanmusicandculturegenerallybyamiribaraka,whopublisheditasleroijones. Click download or read online button to get blues people book now. Blues people negro music in white america by leroi jones. I am calling amiri baraka a social theorist because blues people is defined by a. Blues people by leroi jones amiri baraka published blues people in the early 1960s when he was still known as leroi jones. What exactly does leroi jones mean by the blues continuum in his book blues people. Jones, who later changed his name to amiri baraka, is a poet, author, novelist, playwright, political activist, and pioneer of. The book, the first book on jazz by an african american author, offers a compelling and comprehensive narrative based on what he calls the negro experience in white america. The blues people featured here are just a small sample of the many talented musicians who created the music. Nat hentoff blues people is american musical history. Students may study the path from leroi jones and blues people to amiri baraka and digging. And it seems to me that if the negro represents, or is symbolic of, something in and about the nature of american culture, this certainly should be revealed by his.
Blues people is not only a fresh, incisively instructive reinterpretation of negro music in america, but it is also curcially relevant to negrowhite relationships today. Download blues people in pdf and epub formats for free. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Le cercle modernist, afroamericans, civilization, music, geschichte, blues music, jazz, african american. Blues people is a brilliant and pathbreaking book, not because all of its factual information is correct, or because all of its interpretive perspectives are unassailable, but because of the sheer audacity, scope, and originality of its interpretive perspective. It is considered a classic work on jazz and blues music in american culture. So says amiri baraka in the introduction to blues people, his classic work on the place of jazz and blues in american social, musical, economic, and cultural history. Theoretical, in that none of the questions it poses can be said to have been answered definitively or for all time, sic. In this pioneering critical study of jack kerouacs booklength poem, mexico city bluesa poetic parallel to the writers fictional saga, the duluoz legendjames t. Jul 26, 20 that same year, leroi jones a twentysomething, newark, n. Jones approaches this musical genre from a sociological, historical, and political standpoint, starting with the early slave trade in america. Negro music in white america is a seminal study of afroamerican music and culture generally by amiri baraka, who published it as leroi jones in 1963.
Aug 18, 20 you know i love digging into these great books about jazz music, etc. October 7, 1934 january 9, 2014, previously known as leroi jones and imamu amear baraka, was an american writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism. He was the author of numerous books of poetry and taught at several universities, including the state university of new york at buffalo and the state university of new york at stony brook. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The afroamerican soul of american classical music by way of black music and the music in the middle of that trajectory. Each blues people leroi jones sang a different blues. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Negro music in white america in 1963, and it is still one of the definitive texts about the blues. From the music of african slaves in the united states through the music scene of the 1960s, baraka traces the influence of what he calls negro music on white. He attended rutgers university and howard university, spent three years in the u. Download blues people negro music in white america paperback 1999 author leroi jones or read online books in pdf, epub, tuebl, and mobi format.
The negro experience in white america and the music that developed from. And i make my analogy through the slave citizens music through the music that is most closely associated with him. Included in the stories of the musicians are scannable codes that provide a short cut to their music. Blues people negro music in white america paperback 1999. It was the first major book of its kind by a black author, now blues people leroi jones as amiri baraka. Complete summary of amiri barakas the leroi jonesamiri baraka reader. Repressive segregation laws forced the light people into relationships with bluess black culture and this began the merging of black rhythmic and vocal tradition with european dance and march music. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook. Leroi jones now known as amiri baraka is the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Jones uses a rich and flexible neoformalist approach to argue his. Blues people by jones, leroi and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. So says amiri baraka leroi jones in the introduction to blues people, his classic work on the place of jazz and blues in american social, musical, economic, and cultural history. Jones advises us to approach the blues as a strictly theoretical endeavor. Negro music in white america by leroi jones, first published in 1963 by william morrow, was the first book on blues written by an africanamerican critic.
Blues people negro music in white america is a seminal study of afroamerican music and culture generally by amiri baraka, who published it as leroi jones in 1963. Click download or read online button to get blues people negro music in white america paperback 1999 author leroi jones book now. Blues people download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. It is still the most effective text in introducing a proper study of the music of black americans. Negro music in white america by baraka, imamu amiri, 1934publication date 1963. Nat hentoff the first real attempts to place jazz and the blues within the context of american social history. Leroi jones blues people is a seminal study of afroamerican music by amiri baraka, who published it as leroi jones in 1963. Blues people negro music in white america world library.
It is a complex book in which he seeks to interpret the course of african american music, in the light of the socioeconomic and racial history from which it emerged. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Blues people book also available for read online, mobi, docx and mobile and kindle reading. Jones, who later changed his name to amiri baraka, is a poet, author, novelist, playwright, political activist, and pioneer of the black arts movement.
Poet, writer, teacher, and political activist amiri baraka was born everett leroi jones in 1934 in newark, new jersey. I used blues people by leroi jones when i designed the history of black music courses at harvard university in september 1970. In some ways blues people is the product of a young writer searching for his own voice in the poetic insights of the music. When leroi jones, or amiri baraka, discusses the blues. Air force, and returned to new york city to attend columbia university and the new school for social research. Blues people is not only a fresh, incisively instructive reinterpretation of negro music in america, but it is also crucially relevant to negrowhite relationship today. Blues people leroi jones music in white americato this day one of the most influential volumes of jazz criticism, especially in regard to the then beginning free jazz movement. Life has since intervened, but after finishing blues people by leroi jones now amiri baraka last night, i am compelled to revive the concept. In blues people baraka explores the possibility that the history of black americans can be traced through the evolution of their music. Rock n roll, rock, rhythm and blues and soul can all trace their roots to the first commercial blues recording a hundred years ago. From the music of african slaves in the united states through the music scene of the 1960s, baraka traces the influence of what he calls negro music on white america not. Sep 02, 2018 blues people leroi jones music in white americato this day one of the most influential volumes of jazz criticism, especially in regard to the then beginning free jazz movement. You know i love digging into these great books about jazz music, etc.
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