Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music

Contents

• Introduction Part One: Essays
• 1. Griot/Djali: Poetry, Music, History, Message
• 2. Miles Later
• 3. The "Blues Aesthetic" and the "Black Aesthetic": Aesthetics as the Continuing Political History of a Culture
• 4. Blues People: Looking Both Ways
• 5. Rhythm
• 6. The American Popular Song: "The Great American Song Book"
• 7. Blues Line
• 8. Cosby and the Music
• 9. Nina Returns
• 10. Jazz Criticism and Its Effect on the Music
• 11. Not "the Boss": Bruce Springsteen
• 12. Wynton Marsalis: Black Codes (from the Underground)
• 13. "The International Business of Jazz" and the Need for the Cooperative and Collective Self-Development of an International People's Culture
• 14. Newark's' "Coast" and the Hidden Legacy of Urban Culture
• 15. Black Music as a Force for Social Change
• 16. What You Mean, DuWop?
• 17. Classical American Music
• 18. Singers and the Music (A Theater Piece)
• 19. Newark's Influence on American Music
• 20. Black Music in Newark: A Proposal
• 21. Bopera Theory
• 22. "Jazz and the White Critic": Thirty Years Later
• 23. Random Notes on the Last Decade Part Two: Great Musicians
• 24. Panthalassa: Miles Davis
• 25. When Miles Split!
• 26. David Murray, Ming's Samba
• 27. David Murray, Fo Deuk Revue
• 28. David Murray, Addenda to a Concert
• 29. On Reissuing Trane
• 30. John Coltrane: Why His Legacy Continues
• 31. Some Memories of Alan Shorter: Interview with Wayne Shorter
• 32. High Art: Art Tatum
• 33. Max Roach at the Iridium
• 34. Paris Max
• 35. The Great Max Roach
• 36. Billie Holiday
• 37. The High Priest of Be Bop
• 38. Eric Dolphy: A Note
• 39. Jackie Mc
• 40. It Ain't about You
• 41. You Ever Hear Albert Ayler?
• 42. Albert's Will
• 43. Sassy Was Definitely Not the Avon Lady
• 44. Fred
• 45. Fred Hopkins's Memorial
• 46. Duke Ellington: The Music's "Great Spirit"
• 47. Duke Was a Very Great Pianist!
• 48. Blind Tom: The Continuity of Americana
• 49. Don Pullen Leaves Us
• 50. Black History Month Rediscovers "the Music" in New York City
• 51. Black History Month Rediscovers "the Music,"
• Part 2 : The Charles Tolliver Big Band at the Jazz Standard
• 52. Wonderful Stevie
• 53. Abbey Lincoln
• 54. Four Tough Good-byes: Jackie McLean, John Hicks, Hilton Ruiz, Halim Suliman Part Three: Notes, Reviews, and Observations
• 55. Impulse Sampler, Act on Impulse
• 56. Ralph Peterson
• 57. Andrew Cyrille, Good to Go
• 58. Odean Pope Saxophone Choir, Epitome
• 59. Ravi Coltrane, Moving Pictures
• 60. Donal Fox and David Murray, Ugly Beauty
• 61. Tyrone Jefferson, Connections
• 62. James Moody
• 63. Barry Harris: In the Tradition
• 64. Pharoah Sanders, Shukuru
• 65. Don Pullen--George Adams Quartet, Breakthrough
• 66. Von and Chico Freeman, Freeman and Freeman
• 67. Alan Shorter, Orgasm
• 68. The Work Man: Reggie Workman
• 69. Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory
• 70. Jimmy Scott, But Beautiful
• 71. Malachi Thompson, Talking Horns
• 72. The Nexus Orchestra, Seize the Time
• 73. Three Fresh Ticklers
• 74. Rodney Kendrick, Last Chance for Common Sense
• 75. Jazz Times Review, Multiple Artists
• 76. More Young Bloods to the Rescue!
• 77. Vijay Iyer, Memorophilia
• 78. TriFactor, If You Believe
• 79. Live Lessons
• 80. New York Art Quintet
• 81. Peter Brotzmann, Nipples, and Joe McPhee, Nation Time
• 82. Jon Jang and David Murray, River of Life
• 83. Trio Three, Encounter
• 84. Jackie Mc--Coming and Going