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Jazz Cosmopolitanism in Accra : Five Musical Years in Ghana / Steven Feld.

By: Publication details: Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.Description: xii, 311 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780822351481 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780822351627 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781.650966 FEL 23
LOC classification:
  • ML3509.G4 F45 2012
Contents:
Table of Contents Contents OPUS xi; FOUR-BAR INTRO "The Shape of Jazz to Come"1; VAMP IN, HEAD Acoustemology in Accra: On Jazz Cosmopolitanism 11; FIRST CHORUS, WITH TRANSPOSITION Guy Warren/Ghanaba: From Afro-Jazz to Handel via Max Roach 51; SECOND CHORUS, BLOW FREE Nii Noi Nortey: From Pan-Africanism to Afrifones via John Coltrane 87; THIRD CHORUS, BACK INSIDE Nii Otoo Annan: From Toads to Polyrhythm via Elvin Jones and Rashied Ali 119; FOURTH CHORUS, SHOUT TO THE GROOVE Por Por: From Honk Horns to Jazz Funerals via New Orleans 159; HEAD AGAIN, VAMP OUT Beyond Diasporic Intimacy 199; "DEDICATED TO YOU" 245; HORN BACKGROUNDS, RIFFS UNDERNEATH 249; THEMES, PLAYERS 299
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents
Contents
OPUS xi;
FOUR-BAR INTRO "The Shape of Jazz to Come"1;
VAMP IN, HEAD Acoustemology in Accra: On Jazz Cosmopolitanism 11;
FIRST CHORUS, WITH TRANSPOSITION Guy Warren/Ghanaba: From Afro-Jazz to Handel via Max Roach 51;
SECOND CHORUS, BLOW FREE Nii Noi Nortey: From Pan-Africanism to Afrifones via John Coltrane 87;
THIRD CHORUS, BACK INSIDE Nii Otoo Annan: From Toads to Polyrhythm via Elvin Jones and Rashied Ali 119;
FOURTH CHORUS, SHOUT TO THE GROOVE Por Por: From Honk Horns to Jazz Funerals via New Orleans 159;
HEAD AGAIN, VAMP OUT Beyond Diasporic Intimacy 199;
"DEDICATED TO YOU" 245;
HORN BACKGROUNDS, RIFFS UNDERNEATH 249;
THEMES, PLAYERS 299