African American Jazz and Rap: Social and Philosophical Examinations of Black Expressive Behavior

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Introduction (by James B. Stewart)     
• I. Toward an Afrocentric Approach to the Study of Jazz and Rap Music
• 1. Metatheory and Methodology: Appraising the Black Experience
• James L. Conyers, Jr.     
• 2. The Role of Criticism in Black Popular Culture
• Warren C. Swindell     
• II. “All That Jazz”: History, Culture, Performers, Instruments, and Political Functionality
• 3. “And All That Jazz” Has African Roots!
• Learthen Dorsey     
• 4. Jazz Antecedents
• Eddie S. Meadows     
• 5. The Life and Jazz Style of Blue Mitchell
• Charles I. Miller     
• 6. Jazz Guitar: Ain’t No Jazz
• George Walker and Mondo Eyen we Langa     
• 7. The Social Roots of African American Music: 1950-1970
• Thomas J. Porter     
• 8. Jazz Musicians in Postwar Europe and Japan
• Larry Ross     
• III. Jazz Expressions in Dance and Literature
• 9. African American Dance and Music
• Samuel A. Floyd, Jr.     
• 10. Lady Sings the Blues: Toni Morrison and the Jazz/Blues Aesthetic
• Gloria T. Randle     
• 11. Al Young: Jazz Griot
• Michael Carroll     
• IV. Rap Music as Art Form, Social-Political Commentary, and Economic Commodity
• 12. The Rhythm of Rhyme: A Look at Rap Music as an Art Form from a Jazz Perspective
• Reginald Thomas     
• 13. At the Vanguard: African American Life as Seen Through the Music of Selected Rap and Jazz Artists
• Andrew P. Smallwood     
• 14. Africana Cosmology, Ethos, and Rap: A Social Study of Black Popular Culture
• James L. Conyers, Jr.     
• V. Toward the Future: Educating Future Generations and Preserving Cultural Traditions
• 15. Can You Sing Jazz? Perception and Appreciation of Jazz Music Among African American Young Adults
• Nancy J. Dawson     
• 16. Hip-Hop and the Rap Music Industry
• Tshombe Walker     
• 17. Ethnomusicology and the African American Tradition
• George L. Starks, Jr.     
• 18. Reflections on Sterling Stuckey’s Slave Culture: Understanding Pan Afrikan Nationalism as a Cultural Force
• Ahati N. N. Touré     
• About the Contributors     
• Index