As Serious As Your Life: Black Music

As Serious As Your Life: Black MusicIn this classic account of the new black music of the 1960s and 70s, celebrated photographer and jazz historian Val Wilmer tells the story of how a generation of revolutionary musicians established black music as the true vanguard of American culture. Placing the achievements of African American artists such as Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sun Ra in their broader political and social context, Wilmer evokes an era of extraordinary

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Transcending time

it is unsurprising to find a renewed interest in the genre among general audiences and students

We’re hugely dependent on language to express how we really feel

Do you think your answer would match everyone else’s

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