Cats of Any Color
Jazz Black and White
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1996
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-510287-1 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-510287-1 (ISBN)
It was none other than Louis Armstrong who said, `These people who make the restrictions, they don't know nothing about music. It's no crime for cats of any colour to get together and blow.'
In this collection of essays, Gene Lees brings together candid interviews with Jazz's greatest musicians and his own thoughts on the issue of racism, past and present, in jazz.
It was none other than Louis Armstrong who said, `These people who make the restrictions, they don't know nothing about music. It's no crime for cats of any colour to get together and blow.'
In Cats of Any Color, Gene Lees takes a long overdue look at the shocking pervasiveness of racism in jazz's past and present - both the white racism that long ghettoized the music and generations of talented black musicians, and what Lees maintains is an increasingly virulent reverse racism aimed at white jazz musicians. In candid interviews, living jazz legends such as Horace Silver, Red Rodney (Charlie Parker's white trumpet player), and Dave Brubeck (part Modoc Indian), step forward and share their thoughts on how racism has affected their lives. At the heart of this book is a passionate plea to recognize jazz not as the sole property of any one group, but as an art form celebrating the human spirit.
In this collection of essays, Gene Lees brings together candid interviews with Jazz's greatest musicians and his own thoughts on the issue of racism, past and present, in jazz.
It was none other than Louis Armstrong who said, `These people who make the restrictions, they don't know nothing about music. It's no crime for cats of any colour to get together and blow.'
In Cats of Any Color, Gene Lees takes a long overdue look at the shocking pervasiveness of racism in jazz's past and present - both the white racism that long ghettoized the music and generations of talented black musicians, and what Lees maintains is an increasingly virulent reverse racism aimed at white jazz musicians. In candid interviews, living jazz legends such as Horace Silver, Red Rodney (Charlie Parker's white trumpet player), and Dave Brubeck (part Modoc Indian), step forward and share their thoughts on how racism has affected their lives. At the heart of this book is a passionate plea to recognize jazz not as the sole property of any one group, but as an art form celebrating the human spirit.
Gene Lees is the award-winning author of Waiting for Dizzy, Meet Me at Jim and Andy's, and Singers and the Song, as well as biographies of Oscar Peterson and Lerner and Loewe. A former editor of Down Beat, he has written extensively for Stereo Review, The New York Times and other publications. Since 1981 he has published, edited, and written for the respected JazzLetter.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.2.1996 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 203 x 137 mm |
| Gewicht | 216 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-510287-8 / 0195102878 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-510287-1 / 9780195102871 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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