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010 a| 99034402;

020 a| 0822324040 (cloth : alk. paper);

020 a| 0822324407 (paper : alk. paper);

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050 00 a| ML390b| .L79 1999;

082 00 a| 781.65/092/22| 21;

092 a| 781.650922b| L78B;

100 1 a| Lock, Graham,d| 1948-=| ^A259365;

245 10 a| Blutopia :b| visions of the future and revisions of the past in the work of Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton /c| Graham Lock.;

260 a| Durham [N.C.] :b| Duke University Press,c| 1999.;

300 a| xi, 314 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-303) and index.;

520 a| In this book, the author studies the music and thought of three pioneering twentieth-century musicians: Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton. Providing an alternative to previous analyses of their work, Lock shows how these distinctive artists were each influenced by a common musical and spiritual heritage and participated in self-conscious efforts to create a utopian vision of the future. A century after Ellington's birth, Lock reassesses his use of music as a form of black history and compares the different styles of Ra, a band leader who focused on the future and cosmology, and Braxton, a contemporary composer whose work creates its own elaborate mythology. Arguing that the majority of writing on black music and musicians has -- even if inadvertently -- incorporated racial stereotypes, Lock explains how the subjects of his study each reacted to criticism and sought to break free of categorical confines. By drawing on social history, musicology, biography, cultural theory, and, most of all, statements by the musicians themselves, Lock examines the significance of their influential work in an engaging manner. This book will be a welcome contribution to the literature on twentieth-century African American music and creativity. It will interest students of jazz, American music, African American studies, American culture, and cultural studies.;

600 00 a| Sun Rax| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A355714;

600 10 a| Ellington, Duke,d| 1899-1974x| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A66183;

600 10 a| Braxton, Anthonyx| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A259366;

650 0 a| Jazzx| History and criticism.=| ^A54033;

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Blutopia : visions of the future and revisions of the past in the work of Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton / Graham Lock.

Author/creator	Lock, Graham, 1948-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 1999.
Description	xi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Sun Ra--Criticism and interpretation. Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974--Criticism and interpretation. Braxton, Anthony--Criticism and interpretation. Jazz--History and criticism.

Contents	Part I. Sun Ra: a starward eye. Astro black: mythic future, mythic past -- Of aliens and angels: mythic identity -- Part II. Duke Ellington: tone parallels. In the jungles of America: history without saying it -- Zajj: renegotiating her story -- Part III. Anthony Braxton: crossroad axiums. All the things you are: Legba's legacy -- Going to the territory: sound maps of the meta-real -- House of voices, sea of music.
Abstract	In this book, the author studies the music and thought of three pioneering twentieth-century musicians: Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton. Providing an alternative to previous analyses of their work, Lock shows how these distinctive artists were each influenced by a common musical and spiritual heritage and participated in self-conscious efforts to create a utopian vision of the future. A century after Ellington's birth, Lock reassesses his use of music as a form of black history and compares the different styles of Ra, a band leader who focused on the future and cosmology, and Braxton, a contemporary composer whose work creates its own elaborate mythology. Arguing that the majority of writing on black music and musicians has -- even if inadvertently -- incorporated racial stereotypes, Lock explains how the subjects of his study each reacted to criticism and sought to break free of categorical confines. By drawing on social history, musicology, biography, cultural theory, and, most of all, statements by the musicians themselves, Lock examines the significance of their influential work in an engaging manner. This book will be a welcome contribution to the literature on twentieth-century African American music and creativity. It will interest students of jazz, American music, African American studies, American culture, and cultural studies.
Local note	Little-327901--305131025295-
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-303) and index.
LCCN	99034402
ISBN	0822324040 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0822324407 (paper : alk. paper)

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