{"product_id":"black-music-paperback","title":"Black Music - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeroi Jones (Amiri Baraka)\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe long-awaited reissue of the sequel to Amiri Baraka's seminal work, \u003ci\u003eBlues People.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaraka writes with the passion and lyricism that can only come from a jazz critic who is uncompromisingly invested in the social and aesthetic dimensions of the music.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWBGO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (Newark Public Radio)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJones has learned--and this has been very rare in jazz criticism--to write about music as an artist.\u003cbr\u003e--Nat Hentoff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Music\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about the brilliant young jazz musicians of the early 1960s: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, and others. It is composed of essays, reviews, interviews, liner notes, musical analyses, and personal impressions from 1959-1967. Also includes Amiri Baraka's reflections in a 2009 interview with Calvin Reid of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeRoi Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (now known as \u003cb\u003eAmiri Baraka\u003c\/b\u003e) is the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He was named Poet Laureate of New Jersey from 2002 to 2004 by the New Jersey Commission on Humanities. His most recent book, \u003ci\u003eTales of the Out \u0026amp; the Gone\u003c\/i\u003e (Akashic Books, 2007), was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice and winner of a PEN\/Beyond Margins Award. He lives in Newark, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeRoi Jones (now known as Amiri Baraka) is the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He was named Poet Laureate of New Jersey by the N.J. Commission on Humanities, from 2002-2004. His last two books of poetry, Somebody Blew Up America \u0026amp; Other Poems and Un Poco Low Coup received tremendous critical acclaim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700555583551,"sku":"9781933354934","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f600644d10b988346f4137d0dba94a2d_c52784e6-2200-40d2-99d6-60a087a2e9d3.webp?v=1765017206","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/black-music-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}