Black Music

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by Amiri Baraka

William Morrow & Co.

Due/Published July 1974, 221 pages, paper

ISBN 0688243444

In brilliant discussions of black musicians from Billie Holiday and Thelonious Monk to Charlie Parker, Archie Shepp, Don Cherry, and Sun-Ra, LeRoi Jones examines each musician's personality, background, musical ambitions, accomplishments, and disappointments to illuminate both the context and spirit of jazz.