{"product_id":"black-music-9781933354934","title":"Black Music","description":"\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\u003e\"Baraka 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\u003e\"Jones 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933354934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670919999644,"sku":"9781933354934","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d5fb8a85-cc8d-446b-b19a-9ed543938f61.jpg?v=1603923968","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/black-music-9781933354934","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}