Contemporary Cat

Terence Blanchard with Special Guests

Anthony Magro (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2002
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-4323-3 (ISBN)

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This work not only discusses Blanchard's music and movies, but also provides an overview of the society in which Blanchard was raised, including the influence of slain civil rights leaders Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr, and the prejudices he faced growing up with segregation.

A fascinating look into the new generation of jazz legends, Contemporary Cat is a welcome addition to Scarecrow Press's Studies in Jazz Series. Living legend Terence Blanchard's life and work are thoroughly examined through interviews with his contemporaries and colleagues, including jazz greats Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, and filmmaker Spike Lee. Magro cleverly ties jazz to the social upheavals of the civil rights movement, to black film, and to southern African-American ideologies. From Blanchard's early influences to his future projects, never has a more detailed and personal portrait been conceived of the man and his genius on stage and in the recording studio.

This book will be welcomed by students of music, jazz, and popular culture, and will be a useful addition to African-American studies collections as well.

Anthony Magro is a freelance writer and independent filmmaker in Toronto, Canada.

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 CHAPTER ONE The Birth of a Jazzman
Chapter 5 CHAPTER TWO Little Cats
Chapter 6 CHAPTER THREE Sending a Message: The Art Blakey Years
Chapter 7 CHAPTER FOUR Carrying on the Tradition
Chapter 8 CHAPTER FIVE Forming the Jazz of Tomorrow
Chapter 9 CHAPTER SIX Mo' Better Makes It Mo' Better
Chapter 10 CHAPTER SEVEN Terence Gets the Fever
Chapter 11 CHAPTER EIGHT Back on the Block
Chapter 12 CHAPTER NINE Nice Work If You Can Get It
Chapter 13 CHAPTER TEN Malcolm and Martin: A Common Dream
Chapter 14 CHAPTER ELEVEN By Any Means Necessary: The Making of Malcolm X
Chapter 15 CHAPTER TWELVE Absolut-Lee Spike
Chapter 16 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Central Focus
Chapter 17 Dedicated to Joseph Oliver Blanchard
Chapter 18 Chronology
Chapter 19 Discography
Chapter 20 Filmography
Chapter 21 Index
Chapter 22 About the Author

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.1.2003
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Jazz
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 223 mm
Gewicht	522 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8108-4323-4 / 0810843234
ISBN-13	978-0-8108-4323-3 / 9780810843233
Zustand	Neuware