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The Dark Tree : : Jazz and the Community Arts in Los Angeles

Isoardi, Steven L. Book - 2006 Black Studies 781.65 Is 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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"The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies."
Ancestral echoes : roots of the African-American community artist -- Ballad for Samuel : the legacy of Central Avenue and the 1950s avant-garde in Los Angeles -- Lino's pad : African-American Los Angeles and the formation of the Underground Musicians Association (UGMA) -- The giant is awakened : the Watts uprising and cultural resurgence -- Warriors all : UGMA in the middle of it -- The mothership : from UGMA to the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra and UGMAA -- To the great house : the Arkestra in the 1970s -- Thoughts of Dar Es Salaam : the institutionalization of UGMAA -- At the crossroads : the Ark and UGMAA in the 1980s -- The hero's last dance : the '90s resurgence -- Aiee! The phantom : Horace Tapscott -- The black apostles : the Arkestra/UGMAA ethos and aesthetic -- Appendix : a view from the bottom : the music of Horace Tapscott and the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra / Roberto Miranda.
Contents on CD: Tell God all of my troubles -- Carnival -- Waltz time -- Funeral -- Eternal Egypt suite -- Motherless child -- Ballad for Deadwood Dick -- Little Africa.

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PUBLISHED
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: xxi, 356 p., [30] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.)
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0520245911 (cloth : alk. paper)

SUBJECTS
Jazz -- Los Angeles -- History and criticism.
African American jazz musicians -- Los Angeles.
Artists and community -- Los Angeles.
Jazz -- Social aspects.